Prospects and challenges for genome-wide association and genomic selection in oilseed Brassica speciesThis article is one of a selection of papers from the conference “Exploiting Genome-wide Association in Oilseed Brassicas: a model for genetic improvement of major OECD crops for sustainable farming”

were submitted forpublication following the conference ‘‘Exploiting Genome-wide Association in Oilseed Brassicas: a model for geneticimprovement of major OECD crops for sustainable futurefarming’’, held at The University of Western Australia, 9–12 November 2009, which was sponsored by the OECDCo-operative Research Programme on Biological ResourceManagement for Sustainable Agricultural Systems