The Kiwifruit Genome

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-32272-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 6879 g

Reihe: Compendium of Plant Genomes

This book describes the basic botanical features of kiwifruit and its wild relatives, reports on the steps that led to its genome sequencing, and discusses the results obtained with the assembly and annotation. The core chapters provide essential insights into the main gene families that characterize this species as a crop, including the genes controlling sugar and starch metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and degradation, the ascorbic-acid pathway, fruit softening and postharvest metabolism, allergens, and resistance to pests and diseases.

The book offers a valuable reference guide for taxonomists, geneticists and horticulturists. Further, since information gained from the genome sequence is extraordinarily useful in assessing the breeding value of individuals based on whole-genome scans, it will especially benefit plant breeders. Accordingly, chapters are included that focus on gene introgression from wildrelatives and genome-based breeding.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Testolin, Raffaele

Huang, Hong-Wen

Ferguson, Allan Ross

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Botanical description.- Genetic Resources.- World economic importance.- Cytoplasmic DNA in Actinidia.- Cytology, ploidy and ploidy manipulation.- Reproductive Biology.- Markers, maps, and marker-assisted selection.- The Kiwifruit Genome.- Repetitive sequences.- Gene family prediction and annotation.