Article
Morphology, carbohydrate composition and vernalization response in a genetically diverse collection of Asian and European turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhang Ningwen, Zhao Jianjun, Lens Frederic, de Visser Joan, Menamo Temesgen, Fang Wen, Xiao Dong, Bucher Johan, Basnet Ram Kumar, Lin Ke, Cheng Feng, Wang Xiaowu, Bonnema Guusje
Abstract excerpt
Brassica rapa displays enormous morphological diversity, with leafy vegetables, turnips and oil crops. Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) represent one of the morphotypes, which form tubers and can be used to study the genetics underlying storage organ formation. In the present study we investigated several characteristics of an extensive turnip collection comprising 56 accessions from both Asia (mainly Japanese...
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