Knockout of fatty acid elongase1 homeoalleles in amphidiploid Brassica juncea leads to undetectable erucic acid in seed oil.

Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) is a major oilseed crop with considerable economic and nutritional importance globally. While its seed oil offers valuable dietary benefits due to a balanced ratio of human essential fatty acids, the traditional high oil-yielding varieties contain an elevated level of erucic acid (EA, C22:1) associated with adverse health effects.

TypiCal but DeliCate Care: Dissecting the Essence of Calcium Signaling Network as a Robust Response Coordinator of Versatile Abiotic and Biotic Stimuli in Plants.

Plant growth, development, and ultimately crop productivity are largely impacted by the interaction of plants with different abiotic and biotic factors throughout their life cycle. Perception of different abiotic stresses, such as salt, cold, drought, heat, and heavy metals, and interaction with beneficial and harmful biotic agents by plants lead to transient, sustained, or oscillatory changes of [calcium ion, Ca] within the cell. Significant progress has been made in the decoding of Ca signatures into downstream responses to modulate differential developmental and physiological responses in the whole plant.