Brassica napus

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum leaves (S) Brassica napus roots (D)... 

Vartanian, N., Damerval, G. de Vienne, D. (1987). Drought-induced changes in protein patterns of Brassica napus var. oleifera roots. Plant Physiology, 84, 989-92. 

Brassica napus cells have been selected for tolerance to Na2S04 (Chandler Thorpe, 1987). When selected cells were compared with non-selected cells in response to Na2S04 salinity the selected cells grew better and showed less negative cell water potential than the non-selected cells. Both cell lines showed osmotic adjustment and proline accumulation. However, proline accumulation was related to inhibition of growth and did not play a significant role in osmotic adjustment. 

Chandler, S.F. Thorpe, T.A. (1987). Characterization of growth, water relations, and proline accumulation in sodium sulfate tolerant callus of Brassica napus L. cv. Westar (Canola). Plant Physiology, 84, 106-11. 

GiAMOUSTARis A and MITHEN R (1995) The effect of modifying the glucosinolate content of leaves of oilseed rape (Brassica-napus ssp oleifera) on its interaction with specialist and generalist pests . Annals Appl Bio, 126, 347-63. 

A single gene transformation crtB from Erwinia) was sufficient to increase carotenoid levels some 50-fold in seeds of canola (Brassica napus), which already contains low levels of carotenoids (Shewmaker et ah, 1999). This is the most spectacular increase in carotenoid levels of any plant to date. 

Hortensteiner, S., Vicentini, F., and Matile, P., Chlorophyll breakdown in senescent cotyledons of rape, Brassica napus L. enzymatic cleavage of pheophorbide a in vitro, New Phytol, 129, 237, 1995. 

T. Shepherd and H. V. Davies, Effect of exogenous amino acids, glucose and citric acid on the patterns of short-term accumulation and loss of amino acids in the root-zone of sand-cultured forage rape (Brassica napus L.), Plant Soil /5(( 111 (1994). 

Another perplexing problem that has often been encountered is the determination of highly potent compounds which are usually present in minute amounts. They may be masked by other chemicals whose physical/chemical (chromatographic) properties are so similar that they may be very difficult to track down with limited quantities of plant samples. This type of situation is not uncommon in plant sciences and a typical example is our recent isolation of brassino-lide fran rape (Brassica napus L.) pollen (52). 

Remarkably, Brassica napus pollen was reported to have a 22 kDa cutinase that cross-reacted with antibodies prepared against F. solani f. pisi cutinase [134]. Although a 22 kDa and a 42 kDa protein that catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl butyrate were found in this pollen, only the former catalyzed cutin hydrolysis. Immunofluorescence microscopic examination suggested that the 22 kDa protein was located in the intine. Since the nature of the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme has not been elucidated, it is not clear whether this represents a serine hydrolase indicating that plants may have serine and thiol cutinases. The role of the pollen enzyme in controlling compatibility remains to be established. 

Synthesis of poly(3HB) in the cytoplasm has also been successfully demonstrated in Brassica napus as well as tobacco. Expression of the poly(3HB) biosynthe-... 

Dandurand L M, Mosher R D and Knudsen G R (2000), Combined effects of Brassica napus seed meal and Trichoderma harzianum on two soilbome plant pathogens , Can... 

Gardiner J, Morra M J, Eberlein C V, Brown P D and Borek V (1999), Allelochemicals released in soil following incorporation of rapeseed (Brassica napus) green manures , J Agric Food Chem, 47, 3837-3842. 

CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) (1995). Decision Document DD95-02 Determination of Environmental Safety of Monsanto Canada Inc. s Roundup Herbicide-tolerant Brassica napus Canola Line GT73, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa,... 

Friesen, L.F., Nelson, A.G. and Van Acker, R.C. (2003). Evidence of contamination of pedigreed canola (Brassica napus) seedlots in western Canada with genetically engineered herbicide resistance traits . Agron J, 95, 1342-1347. 

Hall, L., Topinka, K., Huffman, J., Davis, L. and Good, A. (2000). Pollen flow between herbicide-resistant Brassica napus is the cause of multiple-resistant B. napus volunteers. Weed Sci, 48, 688-694. 

Legere, A. (2005). Risks and consequences of gene flow from herbicide-resistant crops canola (Brassica napus L) as a case study , Pest Manag Sci., 61, 292-300. 

Simard, M.J., Legere, A., Pageau, D., Lajeunesse, J. and Warwick, S. (2002). The frequency and persistence of volunteer canola (Brassica napus) in Quebec cropping systems, Weed Technol., 16, 433-439. 

Snow, A.A., Andersen, B. and Jorgensen, R.B. (1999). Costs of transgenic herbicide resistance introgressed from Brassica napus into weedy B. rapa. Mol. Ecol., 8, 605-615. 

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) >5 37, 38, our unpublished data... 

We have isolated Rubisco small subunit promoters from several plant species and tested their strength with gusA and ALB (human serum albumin) transgenes in sprouts. The highest level of expression in Brassica napus sprouts has been obtained... 

Enkephalins Promoter and terminator of 2S1 albumin gene of A. thaliana Integrated in 2S1 albumin of A. thaliana and flanked by tryptic cleavage sites A. thaliana (seed) Brassica napus (seed) 2.9% ofTSP, (200 nmol g 1) 50 nmol 3... 

Brassica napus is a widely grown crop used primarily for the production of oil, which is classed as either rapeseed oil or canola oil depending on its quality and content. 

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