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1.INTRODUCTION
Brassicaceae(Cruciferae)isalargeplantfamilythatcomprises338genera
and3709species,in25to30tribes[Al-Shehbazetal.2006,Warwicketal.
2006,Al-ShehbazandWarwick2007].SpeciesrepresentingthetribeBrassiceae
(about240)providesourcesofedibleandindustrialoils,condiments,vegetables,
andornamentals[Gómez-Campo1980,1999,Gómez-CampoandPrakash1999,
ScarthandTang2006,BavecandBavec2007,SawickaandKotiuk2007].Some
ofthespeciesareemployedincropbrassicasbreedingprograms,eitherasdo-
norsofusefulnucleargenesand/ortosupplycytoplasmicandrosterility[Gómez-
Campo1980,PrakashandHinata1980].
Themustards(white,black,Indian),agroupofBrassicaceaeoilseeds,has
beenusedinfoodforflavouringpurposesforcenturies.Brassicajuncea(L.)
Czern.etCoss.(brownmustard,trowsemustardorIndianmustard)isexten-
sivelygrownforoilinIndia,PakistanandChina[Free1993,Wałkowski1997].
InPolandthisspeciesiscultivatedmainlyforseedsusedinmedicineandmus-
tardproduction.Brassicajunceavar.junceacanolaisanewoilseedspeciesthat
isdevelopedfromB.junceamustard;itsoilsandmealqualityareequivalentto
conventionalcanolaspecies[Woodsetal.1991,Ganetal.2007].Whitemus-
tard,SinapisalbaL.(synonymouswithyellowmustard,BrassicahirtaMoench.,
Brassicaalba(L.)Rabenh.)isofparticularinterestasapossiblesourceofpro-
teininthehumanaswellasanimaldiet[KirkandPyliotis1976,Katepa-
Mupondwaetal.2005].
Whitemustardproteinishighlynutritiousowingtoitsessentialaminoacid
content,whichissimilartocanola[BellandRakow1997,Belletal.2000]and
comparabletosoybean[Sarwaretal.1981].InPolandS.alba,arapidlygrowing
specieswithshortvegetationperiod,iscultivatedforseedsorasasecondcrop.
New,double-low(lowerucicacidandglucosinolates)cultivarsofS.albamay
begrownasanoil/proteinouscropthatcanreplacewinteroilseedrapeplanta-
tionsdestroyedduringwinter[Piętkaetal.1998,2004,PiętkaandKrzymański
2007].Breedingeffortshavefocusedonimprovingseedyieldtomakewhiteand
brownmustardproductioncompetitivewithcanolaandtodevelopitasanalter-
nateoilseedcropthatisadaptedtothesemiaridareas[Katepa-Mupondwaetal.
2006,Ganetal.2007,GuptaandPratap2009].
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