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Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
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Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, 1
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There is a critical need for a book to assess the genomics of
tropical plant species. Early genomics successes resulted in
tremendous advances in high throughput technologies and data
management that greatly reduced costs and increased rates of data
accumulation. In addition, the early plant successes showed that,
although Arabidopsis can be a reasonable model for dicots and rice
a model for monocots, there is a real need for species-specific
genomic information if it is to be used for crop improvement. Thus
began programs for developing the genomics of numerous plant crop
species with considerable emphasis on tropical plant species.
Reasons for this emphasis are that the tropics are recognized as
the regions of origin of a large part of genetic diversity with
genes and phenotypes not found in temperate plants, and that human
population growth is destroying much of the tropical environment
and with it the genetic diversity located there. Remarkable
genomics progress has been made in several tropical crop plants,
noticeably sorghum and papaya, both of which are undergoing whole
genome sequencing. International consortia or networks have been
established for a number of tropical crops to mobilize and
coordinate resources and efforts towards generating genomic tools
and eventual sequencing of the genome for basic biological research
and crop improvement. These crops include sugarcane, banana,
coffee, citrus, millet, cacao, and peanut. The genomic information
generated by these international consortia will enhance the
capacity for identification, characterization, and cloning of
agronomically important genes of tropical crop plants. This book
covers the recent progress ongenome research in tropical crop
plants, including the development of molecular markers, genomic and
cDNA libraries, expressed sequence tags (ESTs), genetic and
physical maps, gene expression profiles, and whole genome
sequences. The first section of this book provides background
information for tropical agriculture of its crops. The second
section consists of concise summaries of genomic research for the
economically most important tropical crop plant species. As a
comprehensive genomic resource, it is of considerable interest to
practicing plant biologists, graduate and undergraduate students,
and research professionals such plant breeders and germplasm
curators who work on or are interested in tropical plant species.
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