The Quinoa Genome

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. History of the Quinuas in South America

   • Mario E. Tapia

   Pages 1-12

3. Botanical Context for Domestication in South America

   • Ramiro Nestor Curti, Hector Daniel Bertero

   Pages 13-31

4. Botanical Context for Domestication in North America

   • Eric N. Jellen, David E. Jarvis, Nuri Benet-Pierce, Peter J. Maughan

   Pages 33-49

5. Quinoa Cytogenetics

   • Bożena Kolano, Maja Orzechowska

   Pages 51-63

6. A Chromosome-Scale Quinoa Reference Genome Assembly

   • Bo Li, Damien J. Lightfoot

   Pages 65-80

7. Structural and Functional Genomics of Chenopodium quinoa

   • Elodie Rey, David E. Jarvis

   Pages 81-105

8. Quinoa Diversity and Its Implications for Breeding

   • Katharina B. Böndel, Karl J. Schmid

   Pages 107-118

9. Saponins of Quinoa: Structure, Function and Opportunities

   • Sophie Otterbach, Gordon Wellman, Sandra M. Schmöckel

   Pages 119-138

10. Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Quinoa

    • Luke Grenfell-Shaw, Mark Tester

    Pages 139-167

11. Flowering in Chenopodium and Related Amaranths

    • Helena Štorchová

    Pages 169-177

12. Quinoa—Evolution and Future Perspectives

    • Gabriela Alandia, Arnesta Odone, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Didier Bazile, Bruno Condori

    Pages 179-195

This book focuses on quinoa, providing background information on its history, summarizing recent genetic and genomic advances, and offering directions for future research. Meeting the caloric and nutritional demands of our growing population will not only require increases in overall food production, but also the development of new crops that can be grown sustainably in agricultural environments that are increasingly susceptible to degradation. Quinoa is an ancient crop native to the Andean region of South America that has recently gained international attention because its seeds are high in protein, particularly in essential amino acids. Quinoa is also highly tolerant of abiotic stresses, including drought, frost and salinity. For these reasons, quinoa has the potential to help address issues of food security – a potential that was recognized when the United Nations declared 2013 the International Year of Quinoa. However, more effort is needed to improve quinoa agronomically and to understand the mechanisms of its abiotic stress tolerance; the recent development of genetic and genomic tools, including a reference genome sequence, will now help accelerate research in these areas.

• Chenopodium quinoa
• Amaranthaceae
• Pseudocereal
• Abiotic stress tolerant
• Saponins
• Whole genome sequencing

• Department of Physiology of Yield Stability, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

  Sandra M. Schmöckel

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