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COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES
Volume 331, Issue 10, Pages 763-771Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.018
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Brassica napus; Seed; Nutritional quality; Oil; Meal; Genetic variability
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Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) is a major oil crop that also supplies proteins for the feed industry. In order to reduce total cost production, the objective is to increase oil yield while reducing crop inputs (especially nitrogen and pesticides). Concomitantly, it is necessary to anticipate specific uses (e.g., fatty acid composition) and to ensure the valorisation of the by-products (rapeseed meal). By the past, improvement of seed quality focused on fatty acid balance and low seed glucosinolate content. Current goals include the breeding of yellow-seeded rapeseed lines with high content of seed oil. The use of molecular tools and the exploitation of Arabidopsis knowledge will be presented and discussed. To cite this article: N. Nesi et al., C. R. Biologies 331 (2008). (C) 2008 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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