Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops

Wei Ma; Pengcheng Zhang; Jianjun Zhao; Yiguo Hong

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.02.008

Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops

Trends Plant Sci. 2023 May;28(5):515-518. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.02.008. Epub 2023 Mar 12.

Authors

Wei Ma¹, Pengcheng Zhang², Jianjun Zhao³, Yiguo Hong⁴

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China.
² Research Centre for Plant RNA Signaling, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China; Worcester-Hangzhou Joint Molecular Plant Health Laboratory, School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK.
³ State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China. Electronic address: jjz1971@aliyun.com.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; Research Centre for Plant RNA Signaling, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China; Worcester-Hangzhou Joint Molecular Plant Health Laboratory, School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK; Warwick-Hangzhou RNA Signaling Joint Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK. Electronic address: yg.hong@hebau.edu.cn.

PMID: 36914552
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.02.008

Abstract

Leafy vegetable crops (LVCs) are consumed worldwide and offer essential nutrients for humans. Unlike model plant species, systematic characterisation of gene function is lacking, although whole-genome sequences (WGSs) are available for various LVCs. Several recent studies in Chinese cabbage have reported high-density mutant populations linking genotype to phenotype, providing blueprints for functional LVC genomics and beyond.

Keywords: Brassica sp.; Chinese cabbage; functional genomics; genetic and epigenetic mutant populations; leafy vegetable crops; whole-genome sequences.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brassica* / genetics
Genomics
Humans
Phenotype
Plant Leaves / genetics
Vegetables* / genetics