Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Berries

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Berries
Author: Kevin M. Folta
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439856605

Recent interest in the health-related, culinary, and biological properties of berries is stimulating new initiatives in berry breeding and production. Breakthroughs in molecular technologies allow genomics-enabled approaches to augment research efforts. This volume documents the basic botany and culture of four major berry crops and follows the sci

Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Grapes

Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Grapes
Author: Anne-Francoise Adam-Blondon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 143987199X

Grapevine is a highly valuable crop worldwide, both from a cultural as well as a commercial point of view. One of its major advantages is that it is well adapted to scarce water conditions. The main object of grapevine breeding is to develop varieties that are resistant to pathogens and at the same time well-adapted to a changing environment. Since

Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Bananas

Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Bananas
Author: Michael Pillay
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012-03-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1578087880

Musa is one of three genera in the family of Musaceae. Over 50 species of Musa exist, including bananas and plantains. This book assembles the latest information on the genomic research of this genus. A group of leading experts in Musa genetics, genomics, and breeding provide basic as well as advanced information for those interested in learning more about the banana genome. The accessible style is easily understood by students and researchers, making the book an ideal springboard for those looking to do expanded research into this crop.

The Genomes of Rosaceous Berries and Their Wild Relatives

The Genomes of Rosaceous Berries and Their Wild Relatives
Author: Timo Hytönen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2018-06-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319760203

This book collates the most up to date information on Fragaria, and Rubus genomes. It focuses on the latest advances in the model system Fragaria vesca, along with the allied advances in economically important crops. Covering both basic and applied aspects of crop genomics, it illustrates strategies and resources for the study and utilization of genome sequences and aligned functional genomics resources. Rosaceous berries are collectively an increasingly important set of high-value global crops, with a trade value of over £2 billion dollars per annum. The rosaceous berries strawberry, raspberry and blackberry share some common features at the genome scale, namely a range of ploidy levels in each genus and high levels of heterozygosity (and associated inbreeding depression) due to self-incompatibility systems, dioecy, or multispecies hybridization events. Taken together, although the genomes are relatively compact, these biological features lead to significant challenges in the assembly and analysis of berry genomes, which until very recently have hampered the progress of genome-level studies. The genome of the woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca, a self-compatible species with a homozygous genome was first sequenced in 2011 and has served as a foundation for most genomics work in Fragaria and to some extent Rubus. Since that time, building upon this resource, there have been significant advances in the development of genome sequences for related crop species. This, coupled with the revolution in affordable sequencing technology, has led to a suite of genomics studies on Fragaria and more recently Rubus, which undoubtedly aid crop breeding and production in future years.

Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Fruit Crops

Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Fruit Crops
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2020-03-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319979469

This edited book provides a comprehensive overview of modern strategies in fruit crop breeding in the era of climate change and global warming. It demonstrates how advances in plant molecular and genomics-assisted breeding can be utilized to produce improved fruit crops with climate-smart traits. Agriculture is facing a number of challenges in the 21st century, as it has to address food, nutritional, energy and environmental security. Future fruit varieties must be adaptive to the varying scenarios of climate change, produce higher yields of high-quality food, feed, and fuel and have multiple uses. To achieve these goals, it is imperative to employ modern tools of molecular breeding, genetic engineering and genomics for ‘precise’ plant breeding to produce ‘designed’ fruit crop varieties. This book is of interest to scientists working in the fields of plant genetics, genomics, breeding, biotechnology, and in the disciplines of agronomy and horticulture.

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Stone Fruits

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Stone Fruits
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2012-08-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1578088011

The stone fruits—including peaches, apricots, almonds, plums, and cherries—have been bred and grown for thousands of years and today are significant agricultural crops in many local economies worldwide. This volume presents a comprehensive commentary on classical genetics and breeding, molecular mapping and breeding of agronomic traits, and the cloning of genes of interest. It also explores recent advances on omics sciences including structural and functional genomics, proteomics, nd metabolomics. The book enumerates the whole genome sequencing of the model fruit plant peach and discusses bioinformatic strategies and tools for stone fruit research

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Peppers and Eggplants

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Peppers and Eggplants
Author: Byoung-Cheorl Kang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2013-01-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1466577460

Peppers and eggplants are two leading vegetable crops produced and consumed worldwide. To facilitate the breeding for agronomical traits such as disease resistance and quality, diverse molecular genetic studies have been carried out. Recent achievements on pepper genome sequencing and trait-linked marker development have enabled the cloning of gene

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 43

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 43
Author: Irwin Goldman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2019-12-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119616735

Contents 1. Maria Isabel Andrade: Sweetpotato Breeder, Technology Transfer Specialist, and Advocate 1 2. Development of Cold Climate Grapes in the Upper Midwestern U.S.: The Pioneering Work of Elmer Swenson 31 3. Candidate Genes to Extend Fleshy Fruit Shelf Life 61 4. Breeding Naked Barley for Food, Feed, and Malt 95 5. The Foundations, Continuing Evolution, and Outcomes from the Application of Intellectual Property Protection in Plant Breeding and Agriculture 121 6. The Use of Endosperm Genes for Sweet Corn Improvement: A review of developments in endosperm genes in sweet corn since the seminal publication in Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 1, by Charles Boyer and Jack Shannon (1984) 215 7. Gender and Farmer Preferences for Varietal Traits: Evidence and Issues for Crop Improvement 243 8. Domestication, Genetics, and Genomics of the American Cranberry 279 9. Images and Descriptions of Cucurbita maxima in Western Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 317

Genetic Diversity Assessment and Marker-Assisted Selection in Crops

Genetic Diversity Assessment and Marker-Assisted Selection in Crops
Author: Francesco Mercati
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-05-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3036508546

The exploitation of biodiversity is essential to select resilient genotypes for sustainable cropping systems as one of the main challenges for plant breeding. Mapping traits of agronomic interest in specific genomic regions appears as another pivotal effort for the future development of novel cultivars. For this purpose, there is evidence that MAGIC and other exotic populations will play a major role in the coming years in allowing for impressive gains in plant breeding for developing new generations of improved cultivars. This Special Issue focused on the application of advanced technologies devoted to crop improvement and exploit the available biodiversity in crops. In detail, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies supported the development of high-density genotyping arrays for different plants included in this issue.