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.
If you are using our database, please cite the relevant publications:
Yadav, P., Priyam, P., Yadav, G. et al. (2024). Identification of lncRNAs regulating seed traits in Brassica juncea and development of a comprehensive seed omics database.
Functional & Integrative Genomics 24, 189 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-024-01470-4
Jain, R., Dhaka, N.*, Yadav, P., Sharma, M. K., Danish, M., Sharma, et al. (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, 100306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2023.100306
Dhaka, N.*, Jain, R., Yadav, A., Yadav, P., Kumar, N., Sharma, M. K., & Sharma, R. (2022). Transcriptome analysis reveals cell cycle-related transcripts as key determinants of
varietal differences in seed size of Brassica juncea. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 11713. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15938-5
