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Book SynopsisLife on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. This title discusses how the plant immune system controls pathogen defense, demonstrate that the plant genome science community is capable of driving technological advancement.
Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Assessment; 5 3 Recommendations and Goals: New Horizons in Plant Genomics; 6 Glossary; 7 References; 8 Appendixes; 9 A: Committee Biographies; 10 B: Publications in Genomics of the Top 40 Most-Cultivated Crops; 11 C: Questionnaire to Lead Principal Investigators of NPGI Grants; 12 D: Workshop on the National Plant Genome Initiative (Agenda); 13 E: Summary of Grants Given by the National Plant Genome Initiative; 14 F: List of Websites That Lead Principal Investigators of NPGI Grants Reported as the Top Five Websites Used for NPGI Research; 15 G: Impact Factor of Journals in Which Awardees of NPGI Grants Published Their Articles; 16 H: NPGI-Funded K-12 Outreach Activities with Broad Potential Impact; 17 I: Examples of Joint Call for Proposals and Co-funded Programs by IWG Members; 18 J: Examples of Interactions with Industry and Plant Breeders Reported by Principal Investigators of NPGI; 19 K: Tree Genomics or Molecular Genetics Support Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service; 20 L: Number and Type of Mutants Distributed by the National Plant Germplasm System
