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China: Mustard originated in West Asia 14,000 years ago and spread along three independent paths

Mustard Seed
China
Published Sep 17, 2021

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Xinzhi Technology Daily (Reporter Yu Huiyou, Correspondent Tuo Lian Kang Lei) Mustard is one of the important economic crops in China, and it is a common oil, vegetable and condiment. Although it is common, the origin of mustard is still an unsolved mystery. September 7, The reporter learned from Hunan Agricultural University that a research result completed by the team of Professor Liu Zhongsong of the school and the team of researcher Hua Wei from the Oil Crop Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences effectively answered the long-standing scientific questions about the origin and domestication of mustard, and revealed the diversity of mustard. The genetic basis of variation has laid a good foundation for the utilization of mustard germplasm resources and genome selection and breeding. The related results were published online in the internationally renowned journal "Nature-Genetics". Seed" carried out whole-genome sequencing and constructed China’s first yellow-seed rapeseed high-quality genome.

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New knowledge Science and Technology Daily (Reporter Yu Huiyou, Correspondent Tuo Lian Kang Lei) Mustard is one of the important economic crops in our country. It is a common oil, vegetable and condiment. Although common, the origin of mustard is still an unsolved mystery. September 7th, reporter It is learned from Hunan Agricultural University that a research result completed by the team of Professor Liu Zhongsong of the school and the team of researcher Hua Wei from the Oil Crop Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has effectively answered the long-standing scientific questions about the origin and domestication of mustard, and revealed the diversity and variation of mustard. The genetic basis has laid a good foundation for the utilization of mustard germplasm resources and genome selection breeding. The related results were published online in the internationally renowned journal "Nature-Genetics". The team carried out whole-genome sequencing on my ...
Source: Chinaeconomy
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