12th IRC Wuhan China, 2007 Vol 1

12th IRC, Wuhan, China, March 26-30, 2007 - Volume 1

GENETICS AND BREEDING
Heterosis Utilization

Brassica seed quality breeding at the University of Manitoba
P. B. E. McVetty, R. Scarth, W. G. D. Fernando, G. LI, Z. SUN, D. Taylor, J. TU,C. D. Zelmer 2

Evaluation for stigma receptivity in cytoplasmic male sterile lines of Brassica juncea L.Czern & Coss
S. K. Chakarbarty, Shiv K. Yadav, J. B. Yadav 5

Germplasm diversity and heterosis in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)
Shashi Banga, Gurpreet Kaur, G. Khosla Phil Salisbury, Neil Wratten, Wayne Burton, Dheeraj Singh, Wallace Cowling 8

A strategy for breeding of the yellow-seeded hybrid in Brassica napus L.
LI Jiana, CHEN Li, WANG Rui, DUAN Youde 11

Genetic analysis of heterosis in rapeseed (B. napus L.)
Mladen Radoev, Heiko C. Becker, Wolfgang Ecke 14

Genetic classification of a newly identified cytoplasmic male sterility hau CMS system in Brassica napus L. •
WAN Zhengjie, FU Tingdong,TU Jingxin, MA Chaozhi, SHEN Jingxiong, YI Bin 18

Standardization of planting ratio for hybrid seed production in Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.] •
Shiv K. Yadav,S. K. Chakrabarty 25

Development of three-line system with a novel alloplasmic male sterility in Brassica napus L. •
HU Qiong, LI Yunchang, MEI Desheng,LI Yinde, XU Yusong 30

Effects of temperature, and age of siliques, on hybrid embryo yield from interspecific crosses between Brassica napus and B. oleracea var. alboglabra •
R. Bennett, M. R. Thiagarajah, J. R. King, M. H. Rahman 33

Heterotic patterns in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) using exotic germplasm
Wei QIAN, Olaf Sass, Jürgen Noack, Lunlin CHEN, M. LI, Jinling MENG, Christian Jung, Martin Frauen 36

Ten years experience of development and cultivation of winter oilseed rape hybrids in Europe based on the MSL system •
M. Frauen, J. Noack, A. Girke, W. Paulmann 39

Breeding of a homozygous two-type line with orange flower of dominant genic male sterility in Brassica napus L. •
ZHOU Xirong, ZHUANG Jing, SUN Chaocai, WANG Weirong, LI Yanli, GU Longdi, QIAN Xiaofang 42

Combining ability in Brassica oilseed crops •
K. Alizadeh 45

Production of improved self-incompatible lines of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) with convenient seed quality for hybrid breeding using of microspore culture technique •
Radoslav Koprna, Miroslav Klíma 48

Heterosis for seed yield and yield contributing traits in mustard (B. juncea L. Czern & Coss) •
S. K. Singh 52

Studies on mechanism of trace pollen production of male sterile lines in Brassica napus •
LI Xun, CHEN Ping Ping, GUAN Mei, GUAN Chunyun 55

Increasing rapeseed yields through heterosis breeding •
C. H. Prajapati, K. M. Patel, M. P. Patel, H. C. Pathak 58

Study on the full sterile line and F1 seed production technique of Huyouza No. 1(Brassica napus L.) with good quality and high yield •
WANG Weirong, SUN Chaocai, LI Yanli, QIAN Xiaofang 61

Hybrid breeding of winter oilseed rape by utilization of self-incompatibility and cytoplasmic male sterility systems •
Vratislav Kucera, Miroslava Vyvadilova, Miroslav Klima 63

Cytogenetic studies of cytoplasmatic male sterility in rapeseed •
Atlagic Jovanka, Marjanovic-Jeromela Ana, Marinkovic Radovan, Terzic Sreten 66

Breeding of high erucic acid recessive genic male sterile line 303AB for industrial purpose •
PU Dingfu, YUAN Daibin, MENG Daqing, LI Zhifan, XU Lan, HE Qichuan, TANG Tianze, GUO Zirong 70

Heritability, combining ability and heterosis in glucosinolate content in seed of winter rape (Brassica napus L.) estimated with diallel crosing between double haploid lines •
Teresa Pietka, Krystyna Krotka, Jan Krzymanski, Teresa Cegielska-Taras 73

Breeding of a thermo-insensitive polima cytoplasmic male sterile line YN04252A (Brassica napus L.) •
DONG Yunsong, CHEN Wei, ZHANG Guojian, FU Minglian, WANG Jingqiao, LI Genze 77
Combining ability of some rapeseed (B. napus L.) varieties •
Marinković Radovan, Ana Marjanović-Jeromela, Dragana Miladinović 79

Studies on the sterility of stable CMS LINE 991A in Brassic napus •
ZHUO Yuhong, PENG Wusheng, LIU Hongbin, TANG Jianliang, CHEN Tingzhou, JIANG Lianghui 82

Development of a high yielding Indian mustard hybrid DMH-1 •
Y. S. Sodhi, J. K. Verma, N. Arumugam, A. Mukhopadhyay, V. Gupta, A. K. Pradhan, D. Pental 84

Breeding and utilization of recessive genic male sterile dual-purpose Line 20118AB in Brassica napus L. •
SUN Chaocai, ZHAO Hua, WANG Weirong, LI Yanli, QIAN Xiaofang, FANG Guanghua 87

Rapeseed as a model to analyse “fixed heterosis” in alloploid plants • Franziska Wespel, Heiko Becker 90

The discovery of a new kind of cytoplasmic male sterility accession in Brassica napus L. • LI Aimin, ZHANG Yongtai, HUI Feihu, ZHOU Rumei 93

Development and studies of a thermosensitive genic male sterility breeding system in rapeseed mustard Brassica juncea •
LI Shikai, HE Jiangming, LIU Xuyun, ZHANG Xishun, LI Weifen 96

Discovery and application of a new kind of genic male sterile material Mian 7AB-4-2 in Brassica napus L. •
YUAN Daibin, MENG Daqing, PU Dingfu, LI Zhifan, XU Lan, GUO Zirong, TANG Tianze, HE Qichuan 99

Breeding of the POL-CMS line BE23A in Brassic napus •
CHEN Weijiang, LI Mei, FAN Lianyi 102

An assay of CMS lines of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.] for flowering and seed yield characters •
Shiv K. Yadav, S. K. Chakrabarty 104

Study on heterosis among subspecies or varieties in B. campestris L. • WANG Junsheng, WANG Xuefang, ZHANG Yanfeng, ZHANG Zhi, TIAN Jianhua, LI Dianrong 108

Heterosis analysis of recessive genetic all sterile line in Brassica napus L. • ZHANG Pu, LI Dianrong, TIAN Jianhua 111

Discovery and the genetic basis of a thermo-sensitive genic ms line with large flowers in Brasscia napus L. •
WU Xianmeng, GUAN Chunyun 114

The genetic base of establishing stable ms lines by means of improving Pol cms line in Brassica napus L. • WU Xianmeng, GUAN Chunyun, NING Zuliang, HUANG Fulan, XIAO Gang 118

Breeding of a stable CMS line without trace-pollen by means of improving Pol CMS line in Brassica napus L. • WU Xianmeng, XI Daiwen, NING Zuliang, GUAN Chunyun 123

Utility of heterosis of two-line hybrid rapeseed in China: approaches and achievements • YU Chengyu, HU Shengwu 128

Male sterility of Brassica induced by herbicide tribenuron-methyl • YU Chengyu, HU Shengwu, HE Peiru 130

Breeding of an environment sensitive male sterile line 373S in Brassica napus L. • YU Chengyu, HU Shengwu, WANG Jianwei, LI Wei, CHANG Jianjun 133

Breeding of temporary all maintainer with purple leaf in oilseed rape • WU Xinjie, HU Baocheng, CHEN Fengxiang, LI Qiangsheng, HOU Shumin, FEI Weixin, HUANG Xiaorong, JIANG Yingfen 136

Heterosis and combining ability in Brassica rapa populations for biomass production • Atta Ofori, Heiko C. Becker 140

Genetic diversity and its association with heterosis in Brassica rapa • Gurpreet Kaur, Payal Bansal, Balwinder Kaur, Shashi Banga 144

GENETICS AND BREEDING
Breeding for Quality

High stability oil Brassica napus from a cross low linoleic acid and low linolenic acid mutants: agronomic improvement through backcrossing to elite canola germplasm and reselection of extreme fatty acid profiles • J. Philip Raney, Todd V. Olson, Jo-Anne Relf-Eckstein, Don Rode, Gerhard Rakow 148

Reasearch on creating new germplasm of high oil content in B. napus • LI Jingfeng, LI Genze, ZHANG Guojian, CHEN Wei, DONG Yunsong, ZHANG Meihuan, WANG Jingqiao 152

High oleic acid content breeding materials of Brassica napus produced by 60Co radiation • GUAN Chunyun, LIU Chunlin, CHEN Sheyuan, PEN Qi, LI Xun, GUAN Mei 155

Breeding progress towards high oil content in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) – essential innovations to meet current and future market needs • Detlef Hauska, Carsten Oertel, Ludger Alpmann, Dieter Stelling, Heinrich Busch 159

Variation in seed color and relationship to oil content in a yellow-seeded landraces in Brassica rapa L. • JIANG Jun, NIU Yingze, YU Qing, GUO Shingxing 163

Genetic analysis of glucosinolate content in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) • J. S. Chauhan, Manju Singh, V. P. S. Bhadauria, Arvind Kumar 167

Effects of osmopriming on fatty acid content in three canola (Brassica napus) cultivars • Reza Tavakkol Afshari, Somaye Ehsanfar, Ali Modarres Sanavy 170

Increasing erucic acid content in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • Ujjal Kumar Nath, Heiko C. Becker, Christian Möllers 173

Methods to study the advantages of cleistogamy in oilseed rape in limiting unwanted gene flow • Jacqueline Pierre, Agnès Fargue , Hervé Picault , Xavier Pinochet , Michel Renard 177

Variation for myrosinase activity in some crop Brassica species • A. K. Atwal, Manoj Kumar, Pratibha Chauhan, S. S. Banga 180

Gene effects for phenols content in three crosses of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss.) • Ramesh Kumar, N. K. Thakral, R. K. Behl, D. Singh, Kamal Dhawan 182

Breeding for improved fatty acid composition in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • Young Seok Jang, Cheul Woo Kim, In Hoo Choi, Jin Ki Bang 185

Introgression of high oleic acid in Indian mustard through inter-specific hybridization • Abha Agnihotri, Gautam Sarkar, Nutan Kaushik, Deepak Prem, Kadambari Gupta 188

Breeding of yellow seeded Brassica napus L. var. oleifera via wide crosses in in vivo and in vitro conditions • Andrzej Wojciechowski, Błażej Springer, Jan Olejniczak 191

Combining ability analysis of quality characters for parents of hybrid in Brassica napus L. • DONG Zun, LIU Jingyang, MU Jianmei 194

Quantity and quality effects in fatty acid segregation at winter oilseed rape hybrids (Brassica napus L.) • Jan Krzymanski, Marcin Matuszczak, Teresa Cegielska-Taras, Laura Szala, Irena Tokarczuk 197

Development of resynthesised rapeseed forms with low erucic acid character and their use in hybrid breeding • Fatih Seyis, Orhan Kurt, Hüseyin Uysal 200

Progress in breeding research on double low white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) • Teresa Pietka, Maria Ogrodowczyk, Jan Krzymanski 203

GENETICS AND BREEDING
Genetics and Germplasm

Rapeseed genetics and breeding research for sustainable oilseed production • Gerhard Rakow (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.207)

Genetic improvement of rapeseed in China •ZHOU Yongming, FU Tingdong (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.210)

Contribution of wild Crucifers in Brassica improvement : past accomplishment and future perspectives • Shyam Prakash, S. R. Bhat (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.213)

Development and primary genetic analysis of a fertility-temperature-sensitive polima CMS restorer in Brassica napus •FAN Zhixiong, LEI Weixia, HONG Dengfeng, HE Junping, WAN Lili, XU Zhenghua, LIU Pingwu, YANG Guangsheng (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.216)

Cytogenetic analysis of F1, F2 and BC1 plants from intergeneric sexual hybridization between Sinapis alba and Brassica oleracea by genomic in situ hybridization •WEI Wenhui, ZHANG Sufeng, LI Jun, WANG Lijun, CHEN Bo, FANG Xiaoping (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.221)

Relationship between floral and agronomic traits in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) • K. H. Singh, R. K. Mahawar, Arvind Kumar (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.228)

Comparative alloplasmic effects of Brassica napus and B. juncea on seed characteristics of B. carinata • Caitao Chang, Fumika Kakihara, Masahiro Kato (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.232)

Floral morphology and pistil fertilization ability of female sterile mutant FS-M1 in Brassica napus L. • QI Cunkou, CHEN Xinjun, ZHANG Jifu, PU Huiming, GAO Jianqin, FU Shouzhong (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.236)

Phenotypic variations in plant progenies of interspecific crosses involving Brassica juncea / B. carinata • K. Gupta, D. Prem, N. I. Nashaat, A. Agnihotri (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.239)

Genetic diversity in canola for changing environments • Wallace A. Cowling (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.243)

QTL analysis of phytosterol content in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • Samija Amar, Wolfgang Ecke, Heiko C. Becker, Christian Möllers (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.247)

Analysis of path and genetic dicision of plant-type traits in compact rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) lines • WANG Junsheng, TIAN Jianhua, ZHANG Wenxue, LI Dianrong, ZHANG Gaisheng (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.251)

Homologous and homoeologous recombination in Brassica napus • Anne Marie Chèvre, Frédérique Eber, Martine Leflon, Stéphane Nicolas, Zhiqian LIU, Marie-Odile Lucas, Olivier Coriton, Nicolas Pouilly, Jean-Claude Letanneur, Cyril Falentin, Michel Renard, Maria Manzanares-Dauleux, Hortense Brun, Régine Delourme, Eric Jenczewski (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.254)

Genetic variation of glucosinolates in young leaves of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • K. Beckmann, C. Möllers, H. C. Becker, F. J. Kopisch-Obuch (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.258)

Studies on rapeseed germplasm enhancement by use of cruciferous weed Descurainia sophia • GUAN Rongzhan, JIANG Shuhui, XIN Ruying, ZHANg Hongsheng (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.261)

Analysis on the self-compatibility of winter rapeseed (Brassica rapa) in China •LEI Jianming, WU Junyan, ZHANG Yan, PANG Jinping, ZHANG Jianxue, FAN Tiping, MENG Yaxiong, SUN Wancang (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.266)

Breeding of winter and spring oilseed rape at Plant Breeding Company Strzelce Ltd. •Henryk Wos, Grzegorz Budzianowski, Anna Fürguth, Wieslawa Poplawska, Janina Wos, Iwona Bartkowiak-Broda, Henryk Cichy, Zygmunt Nita (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.268)

Studies on crossability barriers between cultivated species and wild allies of crop Brassicas • Ranbir Singh, KR Shivanna, Shyam Prakash (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.272)

Analysis of the superior yield and wide adaptability of high oil yield hybrid zhongyouza 11 •LI Yunchang, HU Qiong, ME Desheng, LI Yingde, XU Yusong (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.277)

Characterization of indigenously collected germplasm of yellow sarson (B. rapa L. var. yellow sarson) for yield contributing traits • A. K. Misra, S. S. Manohar, A. Kumar (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.280)

Response of three oilseed Brassica species to individual and mixed isolates of Albugo candida • K. Gupta, A. Agnihotri, D. Prem, R. P. Awasthi, S. J. Kolte, N. I. Nashaat (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.284)

Genetic analysis of flowering time and photoperiod sensitivity in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • CAI Changchun, CHEN Baoyuan, FU Tingdong, TU Jinxing (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.287)

The release of canola quality Brassica juncea for Australia •Wayne Burton, Phil Salisbury, Daryl Males, Derek Potts (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.291)

New idioplasmic resource B. napus L. with multi-loculus founded by interspecific hybridization • ZHAO Hongchao, AN Fengyun, DU Dezhi (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.294)

Genomic in Situ hybridization in intergeneric hybrids between Raphanus sativus and Brassica oleracea • CHENG Yugui, WU Jiangsheng, ZHANG Minghai, FANG Huaming (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.296)

Preliminary study on inheritance of an artificially resynthesized white flower line in Brassica napus • L. TIAN Lushen, JIANG Guangfu, NIU Yingze, GUO Shixing (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.302)

Effect of 12C heavy ion beam irradiation on rapeseed (Brassica napus) • GUAN Mei, LI Xun (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.306)

Inheritance of two rapeseed mutants with apetalous flowers and molecular mapping of the gene(s) controlling petal-loss trait in Brassica napus • CHEN Biyun, WU Xiaoming, LU Guangyuan, GAO Guizhen, XU Kun, LI Xiangzhi (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.313)

Create and broaden the germplasm pool of B. napus through interspecific hybridization between B. carinata and B. rapa •JIANG Yingfen, TIAN Entang, LI Ruiruan, MENG Jinling (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.316)

Observation on chromosome behavior during meiosis of resynthesized Brassica napus • LI Jun, FANG Xiaoping, WANG Zhuan, LUO Lixia, LI Jun, HU Qiong (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.320)

Preliminary study on mutagenic effects of 60Co- and spaceflight treatment to Brassica napus • LI Haojie, PU Xiaobin, ZHANG Jinfang, JIANG Liangcai (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.323)

Derived alloploidy: an unexplored avenue for augmenting genetic variation in Brassica digenomics • Shashi Banga, F.A. Sheikh, Gurpreet Kaur, S.S. Banga (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.327)

Studies on rapeseed germplasm enhancement by use of cruciferous weed Rorippa indica • GUAN Rongzhan, JIANG Shuhui, XIN Ruying, ZHANG Hongsheng (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.329)

High frequency production of microspore derived doubled haploids (DH) and its application for developing low glucosinolate lines in Indian Brassica juncea • A. Mukhopadhyay, N. Arumugam, Y. S. Sodhi, V. Gupta, A. K. Pradhan, D. Pental (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.333)

Development of novel yellow-seeded Brassica napus germplasm through interspecific Cross B. juncea × B. napus(G3) • LIU Zhongsong, GUAN Chunyun, CHEN Sheyuan, LIU Shuyan (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.336)

Genetic variation and genotype×environment interactions for phytosterol content in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • Samija Amar, Heiko C. Becker, Christian Möllers (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.340)

Material breeding, heredity and utilization of purple-red leaf marker character in Brassica napus L. • WANG Tongqiang, HUANG Zesu, TIAN Zhuping, YANG XiaoronG, DAI Wendong, SHAO Mingbo (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.343)

Study of quality characters of vegetable Brassica campestris L. and application to rapeseed breeding • WANG Xuefang, LI Dianrong, CHEN Wenjie, ZHANG Yanfeng, ZHANG Zhi (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.347)

Introgression of novel genetic variation in Brassica carinata • F. A. Sheikh, Shashi Banga, Chhaya Atri (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.350)

Breeding of apetalous and dwarfish line APL03 (Brassica napus) • FU Shouzhong, ZHANG Jiefu, QI Cunkou, PU Huiming, GAO Jianqin, CHEN Xinjun (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.353)

Characteristic of semi-dwarf mutants in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • Jan Olejniczak, Malgorzata Adamczak, Andrzej Wojciechowski (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.356)

Preliminary study of white-flowering germplasm resources in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) • SUN Hua, XU Caikang, ZHANG Jiandong, JIANG Heyun (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.358)

Development of an empirical relationship for chemical mutagen induced lethality in zygotic embryos and microspore embryogenesis from mutant donor plants of Indian mustard (B. juncea) • Deepak Prem, Kadambari Gupta, Gautam Sarkar, Abha Agnihotri (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.360)

Cytology of multisomic addition line "NJ04-8089" in Brassica napus L. • YUAN Shifeng, QI Cunkou (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.364)

Analysis of self-compatibility in Sinapis alba (L.) Boiss • FAN Huiling, SUN Wancang, YAN Ni, ZHU Huixia, WU Junyan, ZHANG Yahong, ZENG Jun, YE Jian, LIU Yali (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.368)

Variability of glucosinolates in Brassica germplasm collections • Nutan Kaushik, Gautam Sarkar, Abha Agnihotri (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.371)

Analysis of self-compatibility in Eruca sativa Mill • WANG Xuefang, FAN Huiling, ZHU Huixia, YAN Ni, WU Junyan, GUO Xiujuan, YANG Jie, KANG Yanli, WEI Wenhui, WEI Xuelian, SUN Wancang (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.374)

QTL mapping of seed coat color of yellow-seeded Brassica napus • LIU Liezhao, MENG Jinling, LIN Na, CHEN Li, TANG Zhanglin, ZHANG Xuekun, LI Jiana (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.377)

Inheritance study and utilization of Leaf-on-leaf marker character in Brassica napus L. • WEI Zhongfen, ZHANG Taiping, WANG Jun, LI Dewen (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.382)

Diversity analysis in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea Czern & Coss.) • B. R. Choudhary, Z. S. Solanki, S. R. Kumhar (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.386)

The effect of plant density and time of nitrogen application on some agronomical characteristic of rape seed (Brassica napus L.) • A. Danesh- Shahraki, A. Kashani, M. Mesgarbashi, R. Mamghani, M. Nabi-pour (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.389)

Genetic study of very high glucosinolate content in Ethiopian mustard seeds •
Angustias Márquez-Lema, José M. Fernández-Martínez, Begoña Pérez-Vich, Leonardo Velasco (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.393)

GENETICS AND BREEDING
Breeding for Stress Resistance

Frost resistance in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss.): screening of genotypes
Dhiraj Singh, M. L. Chhabra, N. K. Thakral, Kamal Dhawan, Amit Singh, Omender Sangwan, Naveen Chandra, J. S. Chauhan, Arvind Kumar (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.398)

Examination of pathogenic variation among Australian white rust (Albugo candida) isolates from Brassica juncea and implications for breeding resistant canola quality B. juncea
A. M. Gurung, W. A. Burton, C. Franke, P. A. Salisbury (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.401)

Isotope discrimination technique (?13C) : A possible selection criteria for drought tolerance in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.)
Maharaj Singh, J.S.Chauhan, M. S. Sheshshyee, M. Udaya Kumar, Arvind Kumar (Ref : in Proceedings 12th Intern Rapeseed Congress, Wuhan, China, 2007, p.404)

Identification of resistance to Albugo candida in Indian, Australian and Chinese Brassica juncea genotypes • LI Caixia,Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam, Graham Walton, Allison Gurung, Phil Salisbury, Wayne Burton, Surinder Banga, Shashi Banga,Chirantan Chattopadhyay, Arvind Kumar, Rajender Singh, Singh Dhiraj, Abha Agnohotri, LIU Shengyi, LI Yunchang, FU Tingdong,Martin Barbetti 408

Intertribal crosses between Brassica species and Capsella bursa-pastoris for the improvement of oil quality and resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum of Brassica crops • CHEN Haifeng, WANG Hua, LI Zaiyun 411

Development of Brassica juncea as a suitable oilseed crop for cold dry lands • K. Alizadeh 414

Blackleg disease (Leptosphaeria maculans) on oilseed rape⎯evidence for it being a polycyclic disease in Australia and implications for disease management • LI Hua, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam,Martin Barbetti 416

Crack resistance of pods in some varieties of winter rapeseed • Jerzy Tys, Henryk Stasiak, Andrzej Borychowski, Roman Rybacki 420

Sources of resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica napus and B. juncea germplasm for China and Australia • LI Caixia, LI Hua, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam, FU Tingdong, LI Yunchang, LIU Shengyi,Martin Barbetti 424

Histological barriers breached by the race of Leptosphaeria maculans that overcomes a single dominant gene-based resistance in Brassica napus • LI Hua, Vanessa Stone, Neree Dean, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam,Martin Barbetti 427

Thermo tolerance in Brassica: refined rapid screening method to identify thermo tolerant genotypes in Brassica • Rajesh Sharma, M. L. Chhabra, Ashok Dhawan, Kamal Dhawan, Dhiraj Singh 430

Genetic variation in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans strains causing fusarium-wilt of canola in Western Canada • Jeremy Klassen, CHEN Yu, Ralph Lange, W. G. Dilantha Fernando 433

Study on cold hardiness and its physiological and biochemical characteristics of winter turnip rape (Brassica campetris) • ZHU Huixia, SUN Wancang, YAN Ni, WU Junyan, FAN Huiling,YE Jian,LIU Yali, ZHANG Yahong, ZENG Jun 436

Inheritance of white rust resistance in Indian mustard (Brassica uncea L.) Czern & Coss. • Ramesh Kumar, N. K. Thakral 439

Evaluation of Brassica germplasm under semi cold rain fed conditions • Hossein Hatamzadeh, Sara Alipour, Akhtar Beg 441

Evaluation of drought stress effects on germination parameters of rapeseed (Brassica napus) through cold test • Hamideh Khalaj, A. H. Shirani Rad, S. A. Sadat Noori, E. Allah Dadi, GH. Abass. Akbari, M. R. Labbafi 444