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Snowdon, R., Link, K., Badani, A.G., Friedt, W. (2005). Plant Breeding: Recent Advances in Molecular Breeding of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.). In: Esser, K., Lüttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Murata, J. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27043-4_7
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