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The Allium Genomes

  • Covers the latest findings in Allium genome sequencing and genomics research
  • Is of interest to scientists in plant genetic research and vegetable breeding
  • Demonstrates how scientific findings from plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding

Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Economic and Academic Importance

    • Claudio R. Galmarini
    Pages 1-9
  3. Allium Genetic Resources

    • E. R. Joachim Keller, Chris Kik
    Pages 23-52
  4. Classical Genetics on Gene Mapping

    • Ali Fuat Gökçe
    Pages 53-66
  5. Cytological Details of Genome

    • Ludmila Khrustaleva
    Pages 67-87
  6. Cytoplasmic Genome

    • Mai Tsujimura, Toru Terachi
    Pages 89-98
  7. Repetitive Sequences

    • Maki Yamamoto
    Pages 99-112
  8. Simple Sequence Repeat

    • Hikaru Tsukazaki
    Pages 113-127
  9. Gene Annotation

    • Hideki Hirakawa
    Pages 129-143
  10. Gene Family Evolution in Allium Species

    • Jiffinvir Khosa, Robyn Lee, John McCallum, Richard Macknight
    Pages 145-159
  11. Structural and Functional Genomic Resources Developed

    • Go Suzuki, Turgut Yigit Akyol, Shusei Sato
    Pages 161-172
  12. Metabolomics of Allium Crops

    • Yuji Sawada
    Pages 173-179
  13. Molecular Mapping of Genes and QTL: Progress to Date and Development of New Population Resources for NGS Genetics

    • John McCallum, Samantha Baldwin, Richard Macknight, Jiffinvir Khosa, Martin Shaw
    Pages 181-196
  14. Impact of the Allium Genomes on Plant Breeding

    • Michael J. Havey
    Pages 197-214
  15. Future Perspective

    • Mostafa Abdelrahman, Anil Khar, Masayoshi Shigyo
    Pages 215-217

About this book

This book describes the latest advances in Allium genome research. Allium includes plant species known for their huge nuclear genome size, which makes them ideal for somatic chromosome observations in high school experiments.

In order to advance the genome analysis of A. cepa and its functional study, scientists in international research collaborations have developed several types of artificially manipulated genetic stocks and analyzed them using modern technologies.

The Allium vegetable crop includes garlic, shallot, wakegi onion, Japanese bunching onion, and rakkyo. Bulb onion is one of the world's most important Allium commercial crops, with an estimated annual production of 85.8 million tons in 2013, and ranking third after tomato and watermelon in terms of global vegetable crops.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Agriculture, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Masayoshi Shigyo

  • Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

    Anil Khar

  • Laboratory of Molecular Breeding Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

    Mostafa Abdelrahman

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eBook USD 149.00
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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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