Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 Aquaporins (AQPs) are essential channel proteins that regulate plant water homeostasis and the uptake and distribution of uncharged solutes such as metalloids, urea, ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Till Arvid Diehn +4 more
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Botanical Sciences, 2020 Background: Metal-nicotianamine transporter (YSL) family protein belongs to the oligopeptide heavy metal transporter group, as characterized in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Jasmin Sutkovic +2 more
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Transcriptome and methylome profiling reveals relics of genome dominance in the mesopolyploid Brassica oleracea [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Brassica oleracea is a valuable vegetable species that has contributed to human health and nutrition for hundreds of years and comprises multiple distinct cultivar groups with diverse morphological and phytochemical attributes.
John Nixon +83 more
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Performance of generalist and specialist herbivores and their endoparasitoids differs on cultivated and wild Brassica populations [PDF]
, 2008 Through artificial selection, domesticated plants often contain modified levels of primary and secondary metabolites compared to their wild progenitors.
Harvey, Jeffrey A. +20 more
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Relative Susceptibility of Brassicas to Cabbage Maggot (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Infestation
Insects, 2023 Cabbage maggot, Delia radicum (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) is a serious pest of Brassica such as broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck) and cauliflower (B. oleracea L. var. botrytis) in California’s Central Coast.
Shimat V. Joseph
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Origins of the amphiploid species Brassica napus L. investigated by chloroplast and nuclear molecular markers [PDF]
, 2010 Background: The amphiploid species Brassica napus (oilseed rape, Canola) is a globally important oil crop yielding food, biofuels and industrial compounds such as lubricants and surfactants.
Allender, Charlotte J +9 more
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Data in Brief, 2015 This data article reports the establishment of the first pan-transcriptome resources for the Brassica A and C genomes. These were developed using existing coding DNA sequence (CDS) gene models from the now-published Brassica oleracea TO1000 and Brassica ...
Zhesi He +7 more
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Performance of specialist and generalist herbivores feeding on cabbage cultivars is not explained by glucosinolate profiles [PDF]
, 2008 Plants display a wide range of chemical defences that may differ in effectiveness against generalist and specialist insect herbivores. Host plant-specific secondary chemicals such as glucosinolates (GS) in Brassicaceae typically reduce the performance of
Dam, N.M., van +9 more
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Biochemical characterization of digestive proteases of Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) feeding on cruciferous hosts [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2017 Pieris brassicae is one of the most serious pests of cultivated crucifers in the world. The present experiment is intended to determine the proteolytic digestion of fifth instar larvae and the effects of four cruciferous hosts to P. brassicae nutritional
F. Mehrkhou
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A new broccoli × broccoli immortal mapping population and framework genetic map: tools for breeders and complex trait analysis [PDF]
, 2011 A unique broccoli x broccoli doubled haploid (DH) population has been created from the F-1 of a cross between two DH broccoli lines derived from cultivars Green Duke and Marathon.
Walley, Peter Glen +14 more
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