Editors:
- Addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of olive tree breeding
- Presents the latest results and techniques in genome sequencing and genomics research
- Useful and interesting for scientists involved in plant genetic research and crop breeding
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book provides an introduction to the genetics, genomics, and breeding of the olive tree, a multi-functional long-lived crop plant that is relevant not only for culinary olive and oil production, but also for shaping the landscape and history of many rural areas for centuries. Today, the recognized health benefits of extra-virgin olive oil provide new impulses for introducing innovation in olive crop management and olive breeding for a deeper understanding of the biological processes underlying fruit quality, adaptation to crop environment and response to threatening epidemics due to biological agents such as Xylella fastidiosa.
The individual chapters discuss genetic resources; classic and modern breeding methods for providing new olive cultivars; the genotype x environment interactions determining the response to biotic and abiotic stresses; fruit metabolism related to oil production and the synthesisof health beneficial molecules; the mapping of genes and quantitative trait locus; and genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic strategies pertinent to the development of a molecular platform and template amenable to precise and rapid genetic modifications using recently developed genome editing tools.
Editors and Affiliations
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DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Eddo Rugini, Rosario Muleo
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Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, Perugia, Italy
Luciana Baldoni
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Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
Luca Sebastiani
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Olive Tree Genome
Editors: Eddo Rugini, Luciana Baldoni, Rosario Muleo, Luca Sebastiani
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48887-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48886-8Published: 03 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84039-0Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48887-5Published: 21 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 193
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Agriculture