Mechanism of purple color and flavor of HongShanCaiTai, the imperial dish of China, revealed

Brassica has long been of paramount importance to agriculture and human nutrition, containing diverse popular crops such as kale, cauliflower, rapeseed, turnip, pak choi, cabbage, mustard, and choy sum, which are of high economic value worldwide. Till now, the genomes of more than 20 Brassica rapa crops have been assembled. However, fully complete genomes of B. rapa have yet to be assembled.