Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Overview of Forage and Turf Biotechnology

   1. Molecular Improvement of Forages — from Genomics to GMOs

      • Richard. A. Dixon

      Pages 1-19

3. Tolerance to Biotic Stress

   1. Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Tolerance to Biotic Stress

      • M. Fujimori, K. Hayashi, M. Hirata, S. Ikeda, Y. Takahashi, Y. Mano et al.

      Pages 21-35

   2. QTL Mapping of Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Ryegrass, and Synteny-based Comparison with Rice Blast Resistance Genes in Rice

      • J. Curley, S. C. Sim, G. Jung, S. Leong, S. Warnke, R. E. Barker

      Pages 37-46

   3. Differential Gene Expression in Bermudagrass Associated with Resistance to a Fungal Pathogen

      • Arron C. Guenzi, Yan Zhang

      Pages 47-52

   4. Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of the Grass Pathogen Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis

      • R. Kölliker, R. Krähenbühl, F. X. Schubiger, F. Widmer

      Pages 53-59

4. Tolerance to Abiotic Stress

   1. Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress

      • M. W. Humphreys, J. Humphreys, I. Donnison, I. P. King, H. M. Thomas, M. Ghesquière et al.

      Pages 61-80

   2. Application of AFLP and GISH Techniques for Identification of Festuca Chromosome Segments Conferring Winter Hardiness in a Lolium perenne × Festuca pratensis Population

      • Siri Grønnerød, Siri Fjellheim, Michael W. Humphreys, Liv Østrem, Peter H. Canter, Zanina Grieg et al.

      Pages 81-86

   3. A Functional Genomics Approach for Identification of Heat Tolerance Genes in Tall Fescue

      • Yan Zhang, John Zwonitzer, Konstantin Chekhovskiy, Gregory D. May, M.A. Rouf Mian

      Pages 87-96

   4. Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Winter Hardiness Metabolites in Autotetraploid Alfalfa (M. sativa)

      • B. Alarcón Zúñiga, P. Scott, K. J. Moore, D. Luth, E. C. Brummer

      Pages 97-104

5. Flowering and Reproductive Development

   1. Molecular Genetics and Modification of Flowering and Reproductive Development

      • Daniele Rosellini

      Pages 105-126

   2. Identification and Mapping of Self-incompatibility Related Genes in Lolium perenne

      • Inge Van Daele, Erik Van Bockstaele, Isabel Roldán-Ruiz

      Pages 127-131

6. Genomics of Plant-Symbiont Relation

   1. Functional Analysis of the Perennial Ryegrass — Epichloë Endophyte Interaction

      • Barry Scott

      Pages 133-144

   2. Gene Discovery and Microarray-Based Transcriptome Analysis in Grass Endophytes

      • S. Felitti, K. Shields, M. Ramsperger, P. Tian, T. Webster, B. Ong et al.

      Pages 145-153

   3. Genetic Diversity in the Perennial Ryegrass Fungal Endophyte Neotyphodium lolii

      • Eline van Zijll de Jong, Nathaniel R. Bannan, Jacqueline Batley, Kathryn M. Guthridge, German C. Spangenberg, Kevin F. Smith et al.

      Pages 155-164

7. Improvement for Animal, Human and Environmental Welfare

   1. Molecular Breeding for Animal, Human and Environmental Welfare

      • M. O. Humphreys, M. T. Abberton

      Pages 165-180

   2. Improving Forage Quality of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) by Genetic Manipulation of Lignin Biosynthesis

      • Lei Chen, Chung-Kyoon Auh, Paul Dowling, Jeremey Bell, Zeng-Yu Wang

      Pages 181-188

   3. Cloning of Red Clover and Alfalfa Polyphenol Oxidase Genes and Expression of Active Enzymes in Transgenic Alfalfa

      • Michael Sullivan, Sharon Thoma, Deborah Samac, Ronald Hatfield

      Pages 189-195

8. Development and Application of Molecular Technologies in Forage and Turf Improvement

   1. Molecular Marker-Based Genetic Analysis of Pasture and Turf Grasses

      • John W. Forster, Elizabeth S. Jones, Jacqueline Batley, Kevin F. Smith

      Pages 197-238

   2. EST-SSRs for Genetic Mapping in Alfalfa

      • Mary Sledge, Ian Ray, M. A. Rouf Mian

      Pages 239-243

Forage and turf are the backbone of sustainable agriculture and contribute extensively to the world economy. The fast-paced advancement of cellular and molecular biology provides novel methods to accelerate or complement conventional breeding efforts. This book contains the most comprehensive reviews on the latest development in applications of molecular techniques for the improvement of forage grasses, forage legumes and turf grasses. Detailed accounts and future opportunities in molecular breeding of forage and turf, from gene discovery to development of improved cultivars, are described in the book. Almost all relevant areas are explored in detail, including tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses; flowering control; plant-symbiont relations; breeding for animal, human and environmental welfare; molecular markers; transgenics; bioinformatics; population genetics; genomics of the model legume M. truncatula; field testing and risk assessment as well as intellectual property rights. This book will be of interest to researchers in both academia and industry who are involved in forage and turf improvement. It will be especially important to breeders, molecular biologists, geneticists, physiologists and agronomists.

• Expression
• Heterosis
• Meadow
• Metabolite
• Microarray
• Pathogen
• bioinformatics
• biotechnology
• breeding
• crops
• gene expression
• gene transfer
• genetics
• molecular biology
• quality

• Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, USA

  Andrew Hopkins, Zeng-YU Wang, Rouf Mian, Mary Sledge

• USDA-ARS, Corvallis, USA

  Reed E. Barker

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