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Identification of genes regulating traits targeted for domestication of field cress (Lepidium campestre) as a biennial and perennial oilseed crop.
BMC genetics - 29 May 2018
Gustafsson Cecilia, Willforss Jakob, Lopes-Pinto Fernando, Ortiz Rodomiro, Geleta Mulatu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The changing climate and the desire to use renewable oil sources necessitate the development of new oilseed crops. Field cress (Lepidium campestre) is a species in the Brassicaceae family that has been targeted for domestication not only as an oilseed crop that produces seeds with a desirable industrial oil quality but also as a cover/catch crop that provides valuable ecosystem services. Lepidium is...
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