Genomics of Mustard Crops

Mustard, known as Brassica, is a significant crop utilized mainly for its oil contents. Owing to its extensive use, it has been cultivated and studied since many past years. Scientists have been thriving to improve its quality by intensifying the experimentation specially related to its genetic setup. In this regard, gene, genomics and the sequencing are generated with the help of advance techniques. This chapter will review a number of gene influencing factors, the process for better sequences, alteration of genes and the basic genomics present in brassica family. Genome, phylogeny, karyotypes and identification of the variation causing loci are major factors identifying the actual potential of a plant species. These insights can be achieved through study of simple phenology, photosynthesis, apomixes, transformation abilities and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses or can be achieved through mapping, marker-assisted breeding, interspecific hybridization between genotypes and molecular linkage maps. This study will provide a comprehensive knowledge about brassica genomic providing basic scientific background. This knowledge is significant for identification of genetics/genomics tools which may help in improving the quality parameters of mustard. It will also be helpful for scientists to improve the genetic tools to study genomics at molecular level.