Peking University, May 6, 2025: The research team led by Qu Lijia and Zhong Sheng from the School of Life Sciences and the Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences has discovered a conserved "two-step ...

The mustard family Brassicaceae (also known as Crucifers, from the cross-like form of their flowers) comprises ca. 4000 species, including economically important crops such as cabbage and canola, many ...

The Brassicaceae, commonly known as the mustard family, encompasses roughly 4 000 species that occupy diverse habitats worldwide and include major crops, horticultural ornamentals and the model plant ...

April 7 (UPI) --Wallflowers independently evolved a pair of complementary chemical defenses, according to new research. To deter herbivores, flowers must evolve defenses. Some species, including ...

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is a member of the Brassicaceae family. Grown mainly for its oil-rich seed, it is the third-largest source of vegetable oil in the world. Crushing the seeds extracts the ...

The mustard family Brassicaceae (also known as Crucifers, from the cross-like form of their flowers) comprises ca. 4000 species, including economically important crops, such as cabbage and canola, ...