Overview
- Addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of foxtail millet breeding
- Discusses the latest advances in the genetics and genomics of this model plant
- Places special emphasis on abiotic stress tolerance
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents up-to-date information on foxtail millet genomics, with a particular focus on its agronomic importance, genome architecture, marker development, evolutionary and diversity studies, comparative genomics and stress biology. The topics discussed have the potential to open up a new era of crop improvement in foxtail millet and other related grass species.
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) is the oldest domesticated crop in the world (domesticated >8700 years ago) and it has been extensively grown in the semi-arid regions of Asia, Europe and the Americas as a food and fodder crop ever since. Further, as a C4 crop with close genetic relatedness to several biofuel grasses, foxtail millet has been promoted as a model plant. In view of its importance, the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and Beijing Genomics Institute have independently sequenced the genome of foxtail millet. The availability of the draft genome sequence has advanced the genomics andgenetics of this important crop, resulting in the development of large-scale genome-wide molecular markers and demonstration of their utility in genomics-assisted breeding, as well as the identification of the molecular and biological roles of several stress-responsive gene families in connection with abiotic stress tolerance. In addition, several open access databases have been developed to make these resources for crop improvement through structural and functional genomics widely available.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Foxtail Millet Genome
Editors: Manoj Prasad
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65617-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65616-8Published: 11 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88067-9Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65617-5Published: 25 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 152
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture