Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement

Hardcover  2-vol set - 902 pp  ISBN 9781402083372      £269.00

Hardcover  volume 1 - 386 pp  ISBN 9781402062940      £139.00

Hardcover  volume 2 - 509 pp  ISBN 9781402062964      £157.00

• Volume 1, entitled Genomics Approaches and Platforms, illustrates state-of-the-art genomics approaches and platforms presently available for crop improvement.
• Volume 2, entitled Genomics Applications in Crops, compiles crop-specific studies that summarize both the achievements and limitations of genomics research for crop improvement.

It is hoped that these two volumes, providing new ideas and opportunities to those working in crop breeding, will help graduate students and teachers to develop a better understanding of the applications of crop genomics to plant research and breeding.

Written for: Genomics specialists, geneticists, plant breeders, crop physiologists, teachers, graduate and undergraduate students; university and research institute libraries.

Contents Volume 1

• Genomics-assisted crop improvement: an overview; R K Varshney, R Tuberosa.
• Genomic molecular markers in plants: development and applications; R K Varshney, T Mahender, R K Aggrawal, A Börner.
• Molecular breeding: maximizing the exploitation of genetic diversity; A P Sorensen, J Stuurman, J R van der Voort, J Peleman.
• Modeling QTL effects and marker-assisted selection in plant breeding; M Cooper, D W Podlich, L Luo
• Applications of linkage disequilibrium and association mapping in crop plants; E S Ersoz, J Yu, E S Buckler
• Exploitation of natural biodiversity through genomics; S Grandillo, S D Tanksley, D Zamir
• Genomeless genomics in crop improvement; K J Lim, V Fey, S Rudd.
• Comparative genomics of cereals; J Salse, C Feuillet.
• Cloning QTLs in plants; S Salvi, R Tuberosa.
• Use of serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) for transcript profiling in plants; P C Sharma, H Matsumura, R Terauchi.
• Genetical genomics: successes and prospects in plants; M Kirst, Q Yu.
• Analysis of salt stress-related transcriptome fingerprints from diverse plant species; A Pareek, S L Singla-Pareek, S K Sopory, A Grover.
• Auxin and cytokinin signaling component genes and their potential for crop improvement; J P Khurana, M Jain, A K Tyagi
• . Statistical advances in functional genomics; R W Doerge
• TILLING and EcoTILLING for crop improvement; B J Till, L Comai, S Henikoff
• Characterization of epigenetic biomarkers using new molecular approaches; M-V Gentil, S Maury

Contents Volume 2

• Microsatellite and SNP markers in wheat breeding; M W Ganal, M S Röder.
• Molecular markers and QTL analysis for grain quality improvement in wheat; D Lafiandra, M C Sanguineti, M Maccaferri, E Deambrogio.
• Molecular approaches and breeding strategies for drought tolerance in barley; M Baum, M van Korff, P Guo, B Lakew, S M Udupa, H Sayed, W Choumane, S Grando, S Ceccarelli.
• Molecular markers for gene pyramiding and disease resistance breeding in barley; W Friedt, F Ordon.
• Cloning genes and QTLs for disease resistance in cereals; B Keller, S Bieri, E Bossolini, N Yahiaoui
• Maize breeding and genomics; M Lee.
• Molecular markers and marker-assisted selection in rice; D J Mackill
• Application of genomics for molecular breeding in rice; N K Singh, T Mohapatra.
• Marker-assisted selection in sorghum; G Ejeta, J E Knoll.
• Molecular genetics and breeding of grain legume crops for the semi-arid tropics; R K Varshney, D A Hoisington, H D Upadhyaya, P M Gaur, S N Nigam, K Saxena, V Vadez, N K Sethy, S Bhatia, R Aruna, M V C Gowda, N K Singh.
• Genomics approaches to soybean improvement; T D Vuong, X Wu, M S Pathan, B Valliyodan, H T Nguyen
• Application of genomics to forage crop breeding for quality traits; T Lübberstedt.
• Molecular mapping, marker-assisted selection and map-based cloning in tomato; M R Foolad.
• Genomics for improvement of Rosaceae temperate tree fruit; P Arús, S Gardiner.
• DNA markers: development and application for genetic improvement of coffee; P S Hendre, R K Aggarwal
• Genomics of root nodulation in soybean; K Van, M Y Kim, S-H Lee.
• Genomics of wheat domestication; C Pozzi, F Salamini.
• Transcriptome analysis of the sugarcane genome for crop improvement; P Arruda, T Rezende e Silva