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Informationen zum Autor Malay C. Saha is an Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Molecular Markers Lab, Forage Improvement Division at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, OK. Hem S. Bhandari is an Assistant Professor of Bioenergy/Biomass Feedstock Breeding and Genetics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Joseph H. Bouton is the former Director and Senior Vice President, Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OKand Emeritus Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Klappentext Bioenergy and biofuels are generated from a wide variety of feedstock. Fuels have been converted from a wide range of sources from vegetable oils to grains and sugarcane. Second generation biofuels are being developed around dedicated, non-food energy crops, such as switchgrass and Miscanthus, with an eye toward bioenergy sustainability. Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics looks at advances in our understanding of the genetics and breeding practices across this diverse range of crops and provides readers with a valuable tool to improve cultivars and increase energy crop yields.Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics opens with chapters focusing primarily on advances in the genetics and molecular biology of dedicated energy crops. These chapters provide in-depth coverage of new, high-potential feedstocks. The remaining chapters provide valuable overview of breeding efforts of current feedstocks with specific attention paid to the development of bioenergy traits. Coverage in these chapters includes crops such as sorghum, energy canes, corn, and other grasses and forages.The final chapters explore the role of transgenics in bioenergy feedstock production and the development of low-input strategies for producing bioenergy crops. A timely collection of work from a global team of bioenergy researchers and crop scientists, Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics is an essential reference on cultivar improvement of biomass feedstock crops. "While some of the more in depth sections about the analysis of DNA sequences and plant proteins may be beyond the requirements of casual readers and feedstock producers, there is much here which is relevant to increasing yields and comparing production techniques, making it a useful reference for anyone seriously involved in the production of bioenergy crops, particularly agronomists and advisors." ("Bioenergy""Weekly", 15 July 2013) Zusammenfassung Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics is a timely collection of the latest advances from large scale research efforts on the breeding and genetic improvement of a number of key crops that show excellent potential as sources of biomass. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Editors xi List of Contributors xiii Preface xix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Historical Development 2 1.2 Cultivar Development 2 1.3 Breeding Approach 3 1.4 Molecular Tools 3 1.5 Future Outlook 4 References 4 2 Switchgrass Genetics and Breeding Challenges 7 2.1 Introduction 7 2.2 Origin and Distribution 9 2.3 Growth and Development, Genome Structure and Cytogenetics 9 2.3.1 Growth and Development 10 2.3.2 Genome Structure and Cytogenetics 12 2.4 Genetic Diversity 12 2.5 Phenotypic Variability and Inheritance 13 2.6 Conventional Breeding Approaches 14 2.6.1 Early Work 15 2.6.2 Systematic Recurrent Selection 15 2.6.3 Heterosis 17 2.7 Molecular Breeding 18 2.7.1 Molecular Markers Used for Switchgrass and Other Polyploids 18 2.7.2 Molecular Mapping 20 2.7.3 Association Mapping 22 2.7.4 Transgenic Approaches 23 2.8 Conclusions and Future Directions 23 References 24 3 Switchgrass Genomics 3...
