1. Introduction : oilseed Brassicas / Alice Hayward -- 2. Brassica genome evolution : dynamics and plasticity / Piotr A. Ziolkowski. [et al.] -- 3. Diversity and taxonomy of Brassica oil crops / Guusje Bonnema -- 4. Classical genetics and traditional breeding / Gerhard Rakow -- 5. Molecular linkage maps : strategies, resources and achievements / Krishna K. Gali and Andrew G. Sharpe -- 6. Physical mapping in Brassica species / Zahra K. Navabi and Isobel A.P. Parkin -- 7. Genome sequencing initiatives / David Edwards and Xiaowu Wang -- 8. Mutagenesis / Jun Zou, Nian Wang and Jinling Meng -- 9. Brassica proteomics and metabolomics / Julia Kehr and Anja Buhtz -- 10. Role of bioinformatics as a tool for oilseed Brassica species / Michal Lorenc. [et al.] -- 11. Comparative genomics in the Brassicales : ancient genome duplications, glucosinolate diversification and Pierinae herbivore radiation / M. Eric Schranz. [et al.] -- 12. Towards genomic selection in oilseed Brassica / Wallace A. Cowling. [et al.] -- 13. Abiotic stress tolerance of the Brassica oilseeds / Stephen J. Robinson, Isobel A.P. Parkin and Jas Singh -- 14. Genetics and genomics of disease resistance / Regine Delourme. [et al.] -- 15. Genetics and genomics of insect resistance in Brassicaceae crops / Dwayne D. Hegedus and Martin Erlandson -- 16. Future prospects for Brassica oilseed improvement through genomics / C.E. Don Palmer and Wilf A. Keller.