The present invention includes cauliflowers with enhanced whiteness and methods for obtaining such cauliflowers. The present invention also provides reagents that can be used in methods for obtaining such cauliflowers.

The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the elevation of glucoraphanin compared to standard Brassica oleracea varieties. The invention also relates to the production of hybrid varieties having desired glucosinolate contents. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such traits and comprising a Myb28 allele from Brassica villosa that is not genetically linked to an ELONG allele from Brassica villosa.

The invention relates to a Brassica plant that is resistant to Hyaloperonospora brassicae, which plant may comprise a QTL on chromosome 8, and optionally a QTL on chromosome 4, and/or a QTL on chromosome 1. The presence of the QTL on chromosome 8 can be identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 7; the presence of the QTL on chromosome 4 can be identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 8 to 16; and the presence of the QTL on chromosome 1 can be identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 17 to 22. The QTL is as comprised in the genome of a Brassica plant representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 43346.

Provided herein are sprouting broccoli plants, or Brassica oleracea convar. botrytis var. asparagoides plants, with one or more improved phenotypes such as floret development in a single horizontal plane allowing simultaneous harvest of all florets, a reduced cultivation period until harvest and/or not requiring exposure to a cold period below 15? C. during at least one to two weeks. Also provided herein are seeds, cells and plant parts, especially harvestable plant parts such as florets, of the present plants.

The invention relates to a Brassica plant that is resistant to Hyaloperonospora brassicae, which plant may comprise a QTL on chromosome 8, and optionally a QTL on chromosome 4, and/or a QTL on chromosome 1. The presence of the QTL on chromosome 8 can be identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 7; the presence of the QTL on chromosome 4 can be identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 8 to 16; and the presence of the QTL on chromosome 1 can be identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 17 to 22. The QTL is as comprised in the genome of a Brassica plant representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 43346.

Purple baby broccoli plants and methods for producing purple baby broccoli plants are disclosed. The invention relates to the plants and seeds of purple baby broccoli and to methods for producing a Brassica oleracea plant having purple head and purple stems plant by crossing the purple baby broccoli with itself or another cultivar. The invention further relates to the parents of purple baby broccoli and for methods of producing purple baby broccoli. The invention also relates to methods for producing locus conversion plants of purple baby broccoli and its parent plants and to the plants produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Brassica oleracea cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from purple baby broccoli, to methods for producing other Brassica oleracea cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from purple baby broccoli and to the Brassica oleracea plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods.

A broccoli plant characterized in having an exerted head having a crown higher than the leaf canopy and a harvestable head of at least about 200 grams when planted at a density of 40,000 plants per hectare, where the harvestable head comprises the top 25 centimeters of said stalk.

The present disclosure provides Brassica oleracea plants exhibiting broad spectrum resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Such plants may comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with disease resistance from Brassica oleracea var. capitata. In certain aspects, compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are provided.

A new cultivar of hybrid Brassica, Purple Varie, characterized by its vareigated foliage with green centers and pink and yellow-green margins and pink veins and its foliage that is slightly concave from mid rib with very curly margins.

The invention provides seed and plants of broccoli hybrid PS05151639 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of broccoli hybrid PS05151639 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another broccoli plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.