Rapeseed is the largest self-produced oil crop in China. Increasing rapeseed oil content is the most effective way to increase rapeseed oil yield at present. This paper reviewed the progress of breeding new rapeseed varieties with high oil content by conventional breeding and mutation breeding. Meanwhile, functional genes and molecular markers related to oil content were also discussed. It was found that rapeseed with high oil content was mainly Brassica napus, and most of the three lines were male sterile lines and restorer lines, which could be used as parents to breed new rapeseed varieties...
