Genetics, genomics and breeding of oilseed Brassicas / editors: Dave Edwards ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: oilseed brassicas / Alice Hayward -- Brassica genome evolution: dynamics and plasticity / Piotr A. Ziolkowski ... [et al.] -- Diversity and taxonomy of Brassica oil crops / Guusje Bonnema -- Classical genetics and traditional breeding / Gerhard Rakow -- Molecular linkage maps: strategies, resources and achievements / Krishna K. Gali and Andrew G. Sharpe -- Physical mapping in Brassica species / Zahra K. Navabi and Isobel A.P. Parkin -- Genome sequencing initiatives / David Edwards and Xiaowu Wang -- Mutagenesis / Jun Zou, Nian Wang and Jinling Meng -- Brassica proteomics and metabolomics / Julia Kehr and Anja Buhtz -- Role of bioinformatics as a tool for oilseed Brassica species / Michal Lorenc ... [et al.] -- Comparative genomics in the Brassicales: ancient genome duplications, glucosinolate diversification and Pierinae herbivore radiation / Eric Schranz ... [et al.] -- Towards whole genome molecular marker-assisted breeding in oilseed Brassica / Wallace A. Cowling ... [et al.] -- Abiotic stress tolerance of the Brassica oilseeds / Stephen J. Robinson, Isobel A.P. Parkin and Jas Singh -- Genetics and genomics of disease resistance / Régine Delourme ... [et al.] -- Genetics and genomics of insect resistance in Brassicaceae crops / Dwayne D. Hegedus and Martin Erlandson -- Future prospects for Brassica oilseed improvement through genomics / C.E. Don Palmer and Wilf A. Keller.