Glucosinolate content in interspecific crosses of Brassica carinata with B. juncea and B. napus |
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| Authors: | A Getinet G Rakow J P Raney R K Downey |
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| Institution: | Institute of Agricultural Research, Holetta Research Centre, PO Box 2003, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia;Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OX2 Canada |
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| Abstract: | Brassica carinata A. Braun is a highly productive oilseed crop in the Ethiopian highlands, but the seed has a high 2-propenyl glucosinolate content, which is undesirable. The objective of this study was to introgress, through interspecific crosses, genes for low 2-propenyl glucosinolate content from the B genome of B. juncea and C genome of B. napus into the B. carinata B and C genomes and thus develop low glucosinolate B. carinata. The cross (B. carinata×B. juncea) ×B. carinata] yielded plants that contained only ～ 20 μmoles of 2-propenyl glucosinolate, which was an 85% reduction compared with levels in B. carinata seed. Plants of the (B. carinata×B. napus) ×B. carinata] cross had normal high concentrations of 2-propenyl glucosinolate. Backcross plants of both interspecific crosses also contained 3-butenyl and 2-hydroxy-3-butenyl glucosinolates. The results of these crosses suggested that genes for glucosinolate synthesis were located on B genome chromosomes of B. carinata because B. napus C genome introgressions did not result in reductions of total glucosinolate contents. The total alkenyl glucosinolate content of one F3 family of the B. juncea backcross was similar to that of the B. juncea parent. It was concluded that through further selection in this family, B. carinata plants could be identified that would be basically free of 2-propenyl glucosinolate, and have a low total alkenyl glucosinolate content. |
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| Keywords: | Brassica carinata 2-propenyl glucosinolate interspecific crosses |
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