Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIII

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2. Tropical Environments, Biodiversity, and the Origin of Crops

   • P. Gepts

   Pages 1-20

3. International Programs and the Use of Modern Biotechnologies for Crop Improvement

   • Jean-Marcel Ribaut, Philippe Monneveux, Jean-Cristophe Glaszman, Hei Leung, Theo Van Hintum, Carmen de Vicente

   Pages 21-61

4. Transgenics for New Plant Products, Applications to Tropical Crops

   • Samuel S.M. Sun

   Pages 63-81

5. Genomics of Banana and Plantain (Musa spp.), Major Staple Crops in the Tropics

   • Nicolas Roux, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Jaroslav Doležel, Eva Hřibová, Pat Heslop-Harrison, Chris Town et al.

   Pages 83-111

6. Genomics of Phaseolus Beans, a Major Source of Dietary Protein and Micronutrients in the Tropics

   • Paul Gepts, Francisco J.L. Aragão, Everaldo de Barros, Matthew W. Blair, Rosana Brondani, William Broughton et al.

   Pages 113-143

7. Genomics of Theobroma cacao, “the Food of the Gods”

   • Mark J. Guiltinan, Joseph Verica, Dapeng Zhang, Antonio Figueira

   Pages 145-170

8. Chickpea, a Common Source of Protein and Starch in the Semi-Arid ropics

   • Fred J. Muehlbauer, P.N. Rajesh

   Pages 171-186

9. Genomics of Citrus, a Major Fruit Crop of Tropical and Subtropical Regions

   • Mikeal L. Roose, Timothy J. Close

   Pages 187-202

10. Genomics of Coffee One of the World’s Largest Traded Commodities

    • Philippe Lashermes, Alan Carvalho Andrade, Hervé Etienne

    Pages 203-226

11. Cowpea, a Multifunctional Legume

    • Michael P. Timko, B.B. Singh

    Pages 227-258

12. Genomics of Eucalyptus, a Global Tree for Energy, Paper, and Wood

    • Dario Grattapaglia

    Pages 259-298

13. Ginger and Turmeric Ancient Spices and Modern Medicines

    • David R. Gang, Xiao-Qiang Ma

    Pages 299-311

14. Genomics of Macadamia, a Recently Domesticated Tree Nut Crop

    • Cameron Peace, Ray Ming, Adele Schmidt, John Manners, Vasanthe Vithanage

    Pages 313-332

15. Genomics of Tropical Maize, a Staple Food and Feed across the World

    • Yunbi Xu, Jonathan H. Crouch

    Pages 333-370

16. Molecular Research in Oil Palm, the Key Oil Crop for the Future

    • Sean Mayes, Farah Hafeez, Zuzana Price, Don MacDonald, Norbert Billotte, Jeremy Roberts

    Pages 371-404

17. Genomics of Papaya a Common Source of Vitamins in the Tropics

    • Ray Ming, Qingyi Yu, Andrea Blas, Cuixia Chen, Jong-Kuk Na, Paul H. Moore

    Pages 405-420

18. Genomics of Peanut, a Major Source of Oil and Protein

    • Mark David Burow, Michael Gomez Selvaraj, Hari Upadhyaya, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Baozhu Guo, David John Bertioli et al.

    Pages 421-440

19. Genomics of Pineapple, Crowning The King of Tropical Fruits

    • Jose Ramon Botella, Mike Smith

    Pages 441-451

20. Genomics of Tropical Solanaceous Species: Established and Emerging Crops

    • Richard C. Pratt, David M. Francis, Luz S. Barrero Meneses

    Pages 453-467

Having spent most of my life in Academia teaching and carrying out fundam- tal research on plant form and function, I found this collection of essays to be of considerable interest as they expanded my knowledge of genomics to plants - yond the well-studied model systems of Arabidopsis, rice, and temperate maize. It was even more valuable to me in terms of my more recent interest in international agriculture—in particular,my personal interest in promotingthe integration of - ings from the advanced plant sciences into current approaches to crop impro- ment for the bene t of poor, small-scale farmers in the developing world. In my experience, one of the greatest challenges to such integration is the relatively weak interactionamongscientists workingat the forefrontofgenomicsresearchandthose involved in the improvement of crops important to such farmers. Since most of the crops important to the poor are of tropical origin, one hopes that this very readable collection of essays will help bridge that gap as they should be of interest to both types of scientists. My own experience is interesting in this regard—I had thought that it might be useful to read just a few of these essays and ended up wanting to read them all! Reading this collection forced me to consider several important issues.

• Fruit
• biodiversity
• biotechnology
• crop genomics
• currentjks
• plant genomics
• plant science
• tropical crop genomics
• tropical crops
• wheat

From the reviews: “This book forms a part of a series of books on the study of plant genomics. It has been structured to provide and discuss recent genetic and genomic studies on the principal cultivated plants and existing genetic models. With this, it aims to improve the identification, characterization and clonage of agriculturally important genes. … gives an opportunity to both investigators and students to update methods, strategies, applications and perspectives on tropical plant genomics of agricultural interest.” (Rosario Dominguez Ciespo Hirata, Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2010)

• USDA-ARS, PBARC Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Aiea 96701

  Paul H. Moore

• Department of Plant Biology, University of lllinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, USA

  Ray Ming

Paul H. Moore is the Research Leader of the USDA's  Tropical Plant Physiology, Disease and Production Unit at the Hawaiian Agricultural Research Center located in AIEA, Hawaii.

Ray Ming is an Associate Professor of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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