Genome sequence of Mizuna, Mibuna, and turnips (B. rapa) to reveal the breeding history of traditional vegetables

Genome resequencing were performed for B. rapa vegetables to reveal the birth process of Mibuna. Mizuna and Mibuna are traditional vegetables in Kyoto, Japan, and thought to be diverged around 1800s. This genome resequencing is to reveal the genetic background of this diversity and the birth process of Mibuna. From the survey of old literature of Japan, turnips are thought to be involved to the birth of Mibuna, so genome resequencing are also performed for five kinds of turnips.