Overview
- Highlights the latest advances in genome sequencing and analysis
- Demonstrates how advances in plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding
- Includes contributions from an international mix of authors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents the current state of the art in peanut genomics, focusing particularly on the latest genomic findings, tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing, transcriptomes and analysis, availability of public and private genomic resources, and ways to maximize the use of this information in peanut breeding programs. Further, it demonstrates how advances in plant genomics can be used to improve crop breeding.
The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L. Millsp) is a globally important grain legume and oilseed crop, cultivated in over 100 countries and consumed in the form of roasted seeds, oil and confectionary in nearly every country on Earth. The peanut contributes towards achieving food and nutritional security, in addition to financial security through income generation; as such, it is also vital to the livelihood of the poor in the developing world.
There have been significant advances in peanut research, especially in the last fiveyears, including sequencing the genome of both diploid progenitors, and the availability of tremendous transcriptome resources, large-scale genomic variations that can be used as genetic markers, genetic populations (bi- and multiparent populations and germplasm sets), marker-trait associations and molecular breeding products. The immediate availability of the genome sequence for tetraploid cultivated peanuts is the most essential genomic resource for achieving a deeper understanding of peanut traits and their use in breeding programs.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Peanut Genome
Editors: Rajeev K. Varshney, Manish K. Pandey, Naveen Puppala
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63935-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63933-8Published: 22 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87676-4Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63935-2Published: 16 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 169
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture