Genetics and Genomics of Pineapple

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Pineapple Success Story: From Domestication to Pantropical Diffusion

   • Geo Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge, Marie-France Duval, Freddy Leal

   Pages 1-25

3. Biology of the Pineapple Plant

   • Yan Cheng, Duane Bartholomew, Yuan Qin

   Pages 27-40

4. The Phylogeny of the Family Bromeliaceae

   • Neha Pandey, Ray Ming

   Pages 41-50

5. Genetic Diversity of Pineapple

   • Heming Zhao, Yuan Qin

   Pages 51-59

6. Genetic Mapping in Pineapple

   • José Manuel Leitão

   Pages 61-68

7. Genetic Transformation of Pineapple

   • Ming-Li Wang, Robert E. Paull

   Pages 69-86

8. The History of Pineapple Improvement

   • Garth M. Sanewski

   Pages 87-96

9. Sequencing and Assembly of the Pineapple Genome

   • Jishan Lin, Ray Ming

   Pages 97-107

10. The Draft Genome of the MD-2 Pineapple

    • Raimi M. Redwan, Akzam Saidin, Subbiah V. Kumar

    Pages 109-129

11. Comparative Genomics of Pineapple and Other Angiosperm Genomes

    • Pingping Liang, Xuequn Chen, Xingtan Zhang, Haibao Tang

    Pages 131-153

12. Transposable Elements in the Pineapple Genome

    • Juan Liu, Romain Guyot, Ray Ming

    Pages 155-165

13. MicroRNAs, tasiRNAs, phasiRNAs, and Their Potential Functions in Pineapple

    • Yun Zheng, Junqiang Guo, Ching Man Wai, Ray Ming, Ramanjulu Sunkar

    Pages 167-182

14. Transcription Factors in the Pineapple Genome

    • Qingyi Yu, Anupma Sharma

    Pages 183-194

15. Analysis of Transcriptome and Alternative Splicing Landscape in Pineapple

    • Ching Man Wai, Brian Powell, Ray Ming, Xiang Jia Min

    Pages 195-213

16. Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Protease-Coding Genes in Pineapple

    • Xiang Jia Min, Ching Man Wai, Brian Powell, Ray Ming

    Pages 215-229

17. Genomics of Pineapple Disease-Resistance Genes

    • Xiaodan Zhang, Ray Ming

    Pages 231-245

18. Circadian Regulation of Pineapple CAM Photosynthesis

    • Ching Man Wai, Robert VanBuren

    Pages 247-258

19. Genomic Relationships, Diversity, and Domestication of Ananas Taxa

    • Robert VanBuren

    Pages 259-272

20. Back Matter

    Pages 273-281

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This book is the first comprehensive volume on the genetics and genomics of pineapple and provides an overview of the current state of pineapple research. Pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] is the second most important tropical fruit after banana in term of international trade. Its features are advantageous for genomic research: it has a small genome of 527 Mb which is diploid and vegetatively propagated; it is monocot, closely related to the grass family that includes major cereal crops, wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, and millet; and it serves as an out group for genetic and genomic research in grasses. In addition to exploring the evolution and improvement of pineapple, this work examines the pineapple genome with respect to genome structure and organization, comparative analyses with other angiosperm genomes, transcription factors, disease resistance, and circadian clock regulation of CAM related genes. With chapters covering  botanical, genetic, genomic, and applied aspects ofpineapple, this text also encourages the application of genomic technologies and suggests future prospects.

• Pineapple
• Domestication
• Genomics
• Sequencing
• Improvement

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

  Ray Ming

Dr. Ray Ming is a professor in the department of plant biology at the  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. His research interests include studying sex chromosomes and sex determination in papaya, the origin and evolution of CAM photosynthesis in pineapple, and genome evolution in autopolyploid sugarcane.

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