5th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON KHAZAR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
EVOLUTION OF BRASSICA SPECIES AND ITS IMPORTANCE İN Brassica napus IMPROVEMENT İN TÜRKİYE
Brassica species have an economic and medicinal importance. Estimation of the amount and distribution of genetic diversity within Brassica species is essential for establishing efficient management, conservation and breeding practices. The taxonomy, gene pool, and Brassica derived phytochemicals and their nutraceutical importance is of big importance. The genetic diversity and phylogenetic studies of Brassica species at the level of morphological, cytological, biochemical and molecular markers is important for evaluating the genetic variation, taxonomic relationships and species identity. İn Türkiye, merely different types of B. oleracea are well known. B. nigra, and B. rapa are distributed in the natual flora of Türkiye. B. juncea was cultivated in Türkiye in former times. Further, B. napus is cultivated since 2000 as oilseed crop. The cultivation nowadays is concentrated on B. oleracea forms as vegetables and rapeseed (B. napus) as oilseed. Also the present genetic material in Türkiye is important for improving Brassica crops through future promising breeding programmes. The potential use of Brassica species in rapeseed (B. napus) breeding will be discussed in detail.
