BrassIca juncea Database

Welcome to BIJ

BrassIca juncea database (BIJ) (acronym for Brassica juncea and the Hindi word 'Bij', which means seed) is a comprehensive database harboring seed omics data from developing seeds of two contrasting genotypes of this oilseed crop. Additionally, it harbours crucial information from genetic, molecular, and omics studies of this species. The current goals in B. juncea breeding for seed improvement focus on seed size, seed coat color, and oil content. BIJ is a unique portal that provides all the published information available so far for B. juncea seed omics, genes characterized through overexpression or knockout studies, QTL, molecular markers, and various other information that can be utilized in a multitude of ways for improvement of B. juncea cultivars through breeding or editing approaches.

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If you are using our database, please cite the relevant publications:

Jain, R., Dhaka, N*, Yadav, P., Sharma, M.K., Danish, M., Sharma, S., Kumari, S., Vashisht, I., Singh, R.B. and Sharma, R., 2023. Integrated analysis of transcriptomic and small RNA sequencing data provides miRNA candidates for engineering agronomically important seed traits in Brassica juncea. Current Plant Biology, 35, p.100306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2023.100306

Dhaka, N.*, Jain, R., Yadav, A. et al. (2022) Transcriptome analysis reveals cell cycle-related transcripts as key determinants of varietal differences in seed size of Brassica juncea. Scientific Reports 12, 11713. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15938-5