Integrated strategies for increasing rapeseed yield

Ming Zheng; William Terzaghi; Hanzhong Wang; Wei Hua

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.008

Integrated strategies for increasing rapeseed yield

Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Aug;27(8):742-745. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

Authors

Ming Zheng¹, William Terzaghi², Hanzhong Wang³, Wei Hua⁴

Affiliations

¹ Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Biology, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA.
³ Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: wanghanzhong@caas.cn.
⁴ Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: huawei@oilcrops.cn.

PMID: 35501261
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.008

Abstract

Over the past few years, rapeseed yields have been considerably lower than those of cereal crops, and progress has been slow due to its limitations for genetic improvement. Here, we propose a comprehensive strategy to consider the interactions between genetics, management practices, and environment, concentrating on using ideotype and heterosis to maximize yield.

Keywords: Brassica napus; heterosis; ideotype; plant density.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Brassica napus* / genetics
Brassica rapa* / genetics
Hybrid Vigor