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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 cere

Table 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
Galiba Gabor, Eric J. Stockinger, Enrico Francia, Justyna Milc, Gabor Kocsy, and Nicola Pecchioni

Chapter 8 Molecular Breeding for Stay-Green: Progress and Challenges in Sorghum 125
Vincent Vadez, Santosh Deshpande, Jana Kholova, Punna Ramu, and C. Tom Hash

Chapter 9 Genetic Improvement of Grain Quality in Japonica Rice 143
Kiyosumi Hori and Masahiro Yano

Chapter 10 Biofortified Maize – A Genetic Avenue for Nutritional Security 161
Raman Babu, Natalia Palacios, and BM Prasanna

Chapter 11 Marker-Assisted Backcrossing Selection for High O/L Ratio in Cultivated Peanut 177
Padmalatha Koilkonda, Chikara Kuwata, Masanobu Fukami, Kenta Shirasawa, Koh Aoki, Satoshi Tabata, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kiyoshima, Shigeru Suzuki, Shigemi Sasamoto, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Hisano Tsuruoka, Tsuyuko Wada, and Sachiko Isobe

Chapter 12 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Tomato Fruit Quality in the Next-Generation Omics Age 193
Matthew P. Kinkade and Majid R. Foolad

Chapter 13 Improvement of Yield per se in Sugarcane 211
M. Gouy, S. Nibouche, J.Y. Hoarau, and L. Costet

Appendix I – Contributors 239

Appendix II – Reviewers 243

Index 245

Color plate section can be found between pages 82 and 83.

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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 cere

      Table 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
      Galiba Gabor, Eric J. Stockinger, Enrico Francia, Justyna Milc, Gabor Kocsy, and Nicola Pecchioni

      Chapter 8 Molecular Breeding for Stay-Green: Progress and Challenges in Sorghum 125
      Vincent Vadez, Santosh Deshpande, Jana Kholova, Punna Ramu, and C. Tom Hash

      Chapter 9 Genetic Improvement of Grain Quality in Japonica Rice 143
      Kiyosumi Hori and Masahiro Yano

      Chapter 10 Biofortified Maize – A Genetic Avenue for Nutritional Security 161
      Raman Babu, Natalia Palacios, and BM Prasanna

      Chapter 11 Marker-Assisted Backcrossing Selection for High O/L Ratio in Cultivated Peanut 177
      Padmalatha Koilkonda, Chikara Kuwata, Masanobu Fukami, Kenta Shirasawa, Koh Aoki, Satoshi Tabata, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kiyoshima, Shigeru Suzuki, Shigemi Sasamoto, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Hisano Tsuruoka, Tsuyuko Wada, and Sachiko Isobe

      Chapter 12 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Tomato Fruit Quality in the Next-Generation Omics Age 193
      Matthew P. Kinkade and Majid R. Foolad

      Chapter 13 Improvement of Yield per se in Sugarcane 211
      M. Gouy, S. Nibouche, J.Y. Hoarau, and L. Costet

      Appendix I – Contributors 239

      Appendix II – Reviewers 243

      Index 245

      Color plate section can be found between pages 82 and 83.

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