In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola variety SCV988969 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola variety SCV988969 with itself or with another canola variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola varieties or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola variety SCV988969, to methods for producing other canola varieties, lines or plant parts derived from canola variety SCV988969 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety SCV988969 with another canola variety.

The present invention relates to a chlorosis resistant cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) Brassica rapa plant and methods of producing the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant. The present invention further relates to progeny, a descendent plant, and/or seed and/or plant part of the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant.

Novel Brassica rapa var. nipposinica, such as Brassica rapa var. nipposinica designated ORIGAMI is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI, to the plants and plant parts of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI, and to methods for producing a Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant by crossing the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI with itself or another Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plants derived from the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI.

The problem of providing a technology that converts a Brassica rapa plant having self-incompatibility to having self-compatibility is addressed. The problem is solved by causing a pollen factor (SP11) to be inactive at a self-incompatibility gene locus for a Brassica rapa plant, while maintaining the inverted repeat sequence (SMI) on a class I dominant S haplotype.

Novel Brassica rapa var. nipposinica, such as Brassica rapa var. nipposinica designated MAZUNTE is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica MAZUNTE, to the plants and plant parts of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica MAZUNTE, and to methods for producing a Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant by crossing the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica MAZUNTE with itself or another Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plants derived from the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica MAZUNTE.

Novel Brassica rapa var. nipposinica, such as Brassica rapa var. nipposinica designated ORIGAMI is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI, to the plants and plant parts of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI, and to methods for producing a Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant by crossing the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI with itself or another Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plants derived from the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI.

A cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant is provided having a growth ability equivalent to that of a Brassica rapa plant having a normal cytoplasm or a progeny of the cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant. For example, it is possible to improve the deterioration of growth ability which has been observed in the conventional cytoplasmic male sterile B. rapa plants and provide a cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant having an improved growth ability.

A cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant is provided having a growth ability equivalent to that of a Brassica rapa plant having a normal cytoplasm or a progeny of the cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant. For example, it is possible to improve the deterioration of growth ability which has been observed in the conventional cytoplasmic male sterile B. rapa plants and provide a cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant having an improved growth ability.

The present application provides a new technology to confer or enhance insect resistance and, optionally also resistance to fungal pathogens in plants. In particular, the present invention provides a method for conferring or increasing resistance or tolerance to insect and optionally also to fungal pathogens in maize and oil seed rape (OSR) by targeting the endogenous Lox3 gene. By introducing either a gene silencing construct, a genome editing system or a genome modification, which leads to a targeted knock-down or knock-out of the Lox3 gene endogenous to the plant, a new or increased resistance to insect and, optionally fungal pathogens can be created.