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Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific community to respond positively by directing a greater amount of research towards increasing production and improving the quality of rapeseed oil. Today, the annual worldwide production is approximately 7.5 million tons on 4 million acres. Canola ranks 5th in the production of world's oilseed crops following soybean, sunflower, groundnut and cottonseed. Rapeseed Breeding fully explains the miraculous discoveries about the genetic material which have contributed to the growth of this important crop. With contributions from world-renowned researchers from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, this book provides the first scientific reference for scientists interested in the further exploitation of this important crop. * Presents history, origin and evolution, breeding methods, practical applications of DNA markers, fingerprinting of cultivars, and conservation of rapeseed germplasm* Includes detail of different breeding purposes including breeding for improved oil and meal quality, breeding for winter hardiness, breeding for herbicides, and breeding for hybrid rape.* Provides analysis of ecology, usage, degeneration and application
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Advances in BOTANICAL RESEARCH Incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology VOLUME 45 RAPESEED BREEDING Advances in BOTANICAL RESEARCH Incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology Editors-in-Chief M. DELSENY Laboratoire Ge´nome et De´veloppement des Plantes, CNRS IRD UP, Universite´ de Perpignan, France Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Mole´culaire des Plantes, CNRS, Universite´ Paris 6, France J.-C. KADER Editorial Board J. S. HESLOP-HARRISON M. KREIS R. A. LEIGH P. R. SHEWRY D. E. SOLTIS University of Leicester, United Kingdom Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, United Kingdom University of Florida at Gainesville, USA Advances in BOTANICAL RESEARCH Incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology RAPESEED BREEDING Edited by SURINDER KUMAR GUPTA SK University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Chatha, Jammu, India Series Editors M. DELSENY Laboratoire Ge´nome et De´veloppement des Plantes, CNRS IRD UP, Universite´ de Perpignan, France J.-C. KADER Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Mole´culaire des Plantes, CNRS, Universite´ Paris 6, France VOLUME 45 2007 AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright ß 2007, Elsevier Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. The appearance of the code at the bottom of the first page of a chapter in this book indicates the Publisher’s consent that copies of the chapter may be made for personal or internal use of specific clients. This consent is given on the condition, however, that the copier pay the stated per copy fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com), for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. This consent does not extend to other kinds of copying, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising or promotional p