Due to their diversity, vegetable Brassicas are of great economic import and offer unique opportunities to enrich our knowledge about plant growth, development, and rapid phenotypic evolution. By applying emerging genomic technologies, we may greatly increase our understanding of the Brassica biology and breeding efficiency. This volume contains 11 chapters contributed by 34 specialists with extensive experience in genetics, molecular breeding, and genomics of vegetable Brassicas. Recent achievements and new technologies presented in this book will provide support to further research the genetics and genomics of vegetable Brassica crops and facilitate their genetic improvement.

Basic Information on Vegetable Brassica Crops: M. Cartea, M. Lema, M. Francisco, and P. Velasco

Classical Breeding and Genetic Analysis of Vegetable Brassicas: N. Ramchiary, S. Park, and Y.-P. Lim

Diversity Analysis and Molecular Taxonomy of Brassica Vegetable Crops: G. Bonnema, D. Pino, D. Carpio, and J. Zhao

Molecular Linkage Maps: Strategies, Resources and Achievements: D. Babula-Skowronska, A. Ciesla, and J. Sadowski

Molecular Mapping of Complex Traits: M. Kaczmarek, M. Nelson, and W. Cowling

Cytogenetic Studies in Vegetable Brassicas: P.A. Ziolkowski, M.A. Lysak and W.K. Heneen

Brassica rapa Genome Sequencing Project: Strategies and Current Status: J.-H. Mun, T.-J. Yang, S.-J. Kwon, and B.-S. Park

Exploring the Paradoxes of the Brassica Genome Architecture: I.A.P. Parkin and S.J. Robinson

The Decoding of Gene Functions—Transcriptomics Tools Toward Molecular Physiology and Breeding: A. Ludwikow, K. Krasowski, and L. Zeef