The family Brassicaceae consists of about 350 genera and 3000 species, including many economically important edible and industrial oilseed, vegetable, condiment, and fodder crops. Many of these, such as Chinese cabbage, radish, cabbage, and rapeseed, are cultivated worldwide as important crops. The family also contains a rich source of agronomic and economic traits in its highly diverse wild germplasms making them ideal as model species for the investigation of elite traits. With the progress made in sequencing technologies, as well as the development of modern biotechnologies, a great many genomes of Brassicaceae crop species have been sequenced and high-quality chromosome-scale assemblies were obtained, which allows functional genomics, GWAS, and domestication analysis in these important crops. These breakthroughs accelerated the investigation into the evolution of different Brassica species, the functional revealing of important genes, molecular marker-assisted breeding, and the application of gene-editing technology on the germplasm resources of Brassicaceae crops.
The purpose of this research topic is to present the latest fundamental discoveries in the field of Brassicaceae crops genomics, and the potential utilization of biotechnologies in crop genetic improvement. We welcome all types of submissions, including original research, reviews, methodologies, mini-reviews, perspectives, and opinion articles in this field, including (but not limited to) research covering:
1. Genetic and functional characterization of genes regulating important Brassicaceae crops development processes or agronomic traits.
2. Genetic improvement in Brassicaceae crops using gene editing and other modern biotechnologies.
3. Discovery, characterization, and application of germplasm resources with elite traits.
The family Brassicaceae consists of about 350 genera and 3000 species, including many economically important edible and industrial oilseed, vegetable, condiment, and fodder crops. Many of these, such as Chinese cabbage, radish, cabbage, and rapeseed, are cultivated worldwide as important crops. The family also contains a rich source of agronomic and economic traits in its highly diverse wild germplasms making them ideal as model species for the investigation of elite traits. With the progress made in sequencing technologies, as well as the development of modern biotechnologies, a great many genomes of Brassicaceae crop species have been sequenced and high-quality chromosome-scale assemblies were obtained, which allows functional genomics, GWAS, and domestication analysis in these important crops. These breakthroughs accelerated the investigation into the evolution of different Brassica species, the functional revealing of important genes, molecular marker-assisted breeding, and the application of gene-editing technology on the germplasm resources of Brassicaceae crops.
The purpose of this research topic is to present the latest fundamental discoveries in the field of Brassicaceae crops genomics, and the potential utilization of biotechnologies in crop genetic improvement. We welcome all types of submissions, including original research, reviews, methodologies, mini-reviews, perspectives, and opinion articles in this field, including (but not limited to) research covering:
1. Genetic and functional characterization of genes regulating important Brassicaceae crops development processes or agronomic traits.
2. Genetic improvement in Brassicaceae crops using gene editing and other modern biotechnologies.
3. Discovery, characterization, and application of germplasm resources with elite traits.
