Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, 2 Volume Set

The Genomics Applications in Crop Improvement two volume set brings together a diverse field of international experts in plant breeding genomics to share their experiences in the field, from success stories to lessons learnt.
 
In recent years advances in genetics and genomics have greatly enhanced our understanding of the structural and functional aspects of plant genomes. Several novel genetic and genomics approaches such as association genetics, advanced back-cross QTL analysis, allele mining, comparative and functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc. offer unprecedented opportunities to examine crop genetic variation and utilize this variability for breeding purposes. Enhancing the prediction of the phenotype from a genotype using genomics tools is referred to as 'genomics-assisted breeding'. To date, genomics-assisted breeding has shown its potential for crop improvement in several crops, however these successes have been largely restricted to temperate cereal and legume crops, and others such as Eucalyptus, sugarcane, tomato and other vegetables crops. Moreover, while success stories are available for improving resistance to biotic stresses, only a few examples are available on development of superior lines for abiotic stresses. These volumes will allow researchers the tools to begin to apply these technologies more broadly and will hopefully lead to lasting improvements in a wide variety of economically important crops.
 
Volume One, Biotic Stress, focuses on genomic-assisted advances for improving economically important crops against biotic stressors, such as viruses, fungi, nematodes, and bacteria. Looking at key advances in crops such as rice, barley, wheat, and potato amongst others.
 
Volume Two, Abiotic Stress, Quality and Yield Improvement, focuses on advances improving crop resistance to abiotic stresses such as extreme heat, drought, flooding as well as advances made in quality and yield improvement. Chapters examine advances in such key crops as rice, maize, and sugarcane, among others.
* Two volumes covering important topics in crop genomics and applying that
information to breeding improved varieties of economically important crops
* Volumes cover improving resistance to abiotic and biotic stressors as well as breeding
efforts to improve yield and quality
* Includes chapters on current challenges for plant breeders such as fusarium disease in wheat and cyst nematodes in soybean crops
* Organized by crop, with chapters covering a variety of topics for each including disease resistance, drought tolerance, salinity tolerance and overall improvement of yield
* Written by an international team of experts
 
This book is intended for crop science researchers, plant biologists, geneticists, physiologists, cellular and molecular biologists, and advanced students in related fields will also find this set useful.

List of contents

Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Volume 1 - Biotic Stress
 
Foreword vii
 
Preface ix
 
Chapter 1 Translational Genomics in Crop Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance: An Introduction 1
Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa
 
Chapter 2 Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice 11
Yanjun Kou and Shiping Wang
 
Chapter 3 The Genetic Basis of Disease Resistance in Maize 31
Tiffany Jamann, Rebecca Nelson, and Peter Balint-Kurti
 
Chapter 4 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat 45
Hermann Buerstmayr, Maria Buerstmayr, Wolfgang Schweiger, and Barbara Steiner
 
Chapter 5 Virus Resistance in Barley 63
Frank Ordon and Dragan Perovic
 
Chapter 6 Molecular Breeding for Striga Resistance in Sorghum 77
Santosh P. Deshpande, Abdalla Mohamed, and Charles Thomas Hash, Jr.
 
Chapter 7 Nematode Resistance in Soybean 95
Tri D. Vuong, Yongqing Jiao, J. Grover Shannon, and Henry T. Nguyen
 
Chapter 8 Marker-Assisted Selection for Biotic Stress Resistance in Peanut 125
Mark D. Burow, Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli, Charles E. Simpson, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Ye Chu, Nicholas N. Denwar, Jennifer Chagoya, James L. Starr, M´arcio C. Moretzsohn, Manish K. Pandey, Rajeev K.Varshney, C. Corley Holbrook, and David J. Bertioli
 
Chapter 9 Organization of Genes Conferring Resistance to Anthracnose in Common Bean 151
Juan Jose Ferreira, Ana Campa, and James D. Kelly
 
Chapter 10 Enabling Tools for Modern Breeding of Cowpea for Biotic Stress Resistance 183
Bao-Lam Huynh, Jeffrey D. Ehlers, Timothy J. Close, Ndiaga Cisse, Issa Drabo, Ousmane Boukar, Mitchell R. Lucas, Steve Wanamaker, Marti Pottorff, and Philip A. Roberts
 
Chapter 11 Disease Resistance in Chickpea 201
Teresa Mill´an, Eva Madrid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Mohamed Kharrat, and Weidong Chen
 
Chapter 12 Resistance to Late Blight in Potato 221
Jadwiga Sliwka and Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska
 
Chapter 13 Late Blight of Tomato 241
Marcin Nowicki, Elÿzbieta U. Kozik, and Majid R. Foolad
 
Chapter 14 Marker-Assisted Selection for Disease Resistance in Lettuce 267
I. Simko
 
Chapter 15 Marker-Assisted Breeding for Cassava Mosaic Disease Resistance 291
E. Okogbenin, I. Moreno, J. Tomkins, C.M. Fauquet, G. Mkamilo, and M. Fregene
 
Chapter 16 Genetics and Gene Mapping of Disease Resistance in Brassica 327
Genyi Li and Peter B.E. McVetty
 
Appendix I - Contributors 345
 
Appendix II - Reviewers 351
 
Index 353
 
Color plate section can be found between pages 182 and 183.
 
Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Volume 2 - Improvement for Abiotic Stress, Quality and Yield Improvement
 
Foreword vii
 
Preface ix
 
Chapter 1 Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Yield, and Quality, An Introduction 1
Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa
 
Chapter 2 Applying Genomics Tools for Breeding Submergence Tolerance in Rice 9
Endang M. Septiningsih, Bertrand C. Y. Collard, Sigrid Heuer, Julia Bailey-Serres, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, and David J. Mackill
 
Chapter 3 Genomics Applications to Salinity Tolerance Breeding in Rice 31
J. Damien Platten, Michael J. Thomson, and Abdelbagi M. Ismail
 
Chapter 4 Marker-Assisted Introgression of Major QTLs for Grain Yield Under Drought in Rice 47
Arvind Kumar, Shalabh Dixit, and Amelia Henry
 
Chapter 5 Molecular Breeding for Phosphorus-efficient Rice 65
Sigrid Heuer, J.H. Chin, R. Gamuyao, S.M. Haefele, and M. Wissuwa
 
Chapter 6 Aluminum Tolerance in Sorghum and Maize 83
Jurandir V. Magalhaes, Lyza G. Maron, Miguel A. Pi~neros, Claudia T. Guimar~aes, and Leon V. Kochian
 
Chapter 7 Freezing Tolerance in the Triticeae 99
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About the author

Rajeev Varshney is a Principal Scientist for the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India, as well as a Theme Leader for the CGIAR Generation >Challenge Program in Mexico. Dr. Varshney has published hundreds of research articles and co-edited five previous works on genomics and crop improvement.?Dr. Varshney is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia. Roberto Tuberosa is a professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he teaches courses on plant genetic resources and biotechnology, biotechnology applied to plant breeding, and agricultural genetics. Dr. Tuberosa is also active in the cereal crop research community and has published extensively on topics related to barley, maize and wheat, and he serves on the editorial boards for Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology Journal and Plant Genetic Resources characterization andutilization.

Summary

The Genomics Applications in Crop Improvement two volume set brings together a diverse field of international experts in plant breeding genomics to share their experiences in the field, from success stories to lessons learnt.

Product details

• Authors: R Varshney, R. K. Varshney, Rajeev Varshney, Rajeev Tuberosa Varshney
• Assisted by: Roberto Tuberosa (Editor), Rajeev Varshney (Editor), Rajeev K. Varshney (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2014
• EAN: 9781118760246
• ISBN: 978-1-118-76024-6
• No. of pages: 605
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Landwirtschaft, Life Sciences, Biowissenschaften, Feldfrüchte, Agriculture, Plant Genetics, Crops, Genomforschung u. Proteomik, Pflanzengenetik, Genomics & Proteomics