Overview
- 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)
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Front Matter
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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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Allium Genomes
Editors: Masayoshi Shigyo, Anil Khar, Mostafa Abdelrahman
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95825-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95824-8Published: 01 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07103-5Published: 13 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95825-5Published: 17 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 217
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture