- Enriches understanding of the current state of pineapple research as the only complete book available on the genetics and genomics of pineapple
- Combines material from all major global researchers who have been working on pineapple
- Equips readers with protocols for growing and transforming pineapple
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- About this book
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This book is the first comprehensive volume on the genetics and genomics of pineapple and provides an overview of the current state of pineapple research. Pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] is the second most important tropical fruit after banana in term of international trade. Its features are advantageous for genomic research: it has a small genome of 527 Mb which is diploid and vegetatively propagated; it is monocot, closely related to the grass family that includes major cereal crops, wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, and millet; and it serves as an out group for genetic and genomic research in grasses. In addition to exploring the evolution and improvement of pineapple, this work examines the pineapple genome with respect to genome structure and organization, comparative analyses with other angiosperm genomes, transcription factors, disease resistance, and circadian clock regulation of CAM related genes. With chapters covering botanical, genetic, genomic, and applied aspects of pineapple, this text also encourages the application of genomic technologies and suggests future prospects.
- About the authors
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Dr. Ray Ming is a professor in the department of plant biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. His research interests include studying sex chromosomes and sex determination in papaya, the origin and evolution of CAM photosynthesis in pineapple, and genome evolution in autopolyploid sugarcane.
- Table of contents (18 chapters)
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The Pineapple Success Story: From Domestication to Pantropical Diffusion
Pages 1-25
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Biology of the Pineapple Plant
Pages 27-40
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The Phylogeny of the Family Bromeliaceae
Pages 41-50
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Genetic Diversity of Pineapple
Pages 51-59
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Genetic Mapping in Pineapple
Pages 61-68
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Genetics and Genomics of Pineapple
- Editors
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- Ray Ming
- Series Title
- Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models
- Series Volume
- 22
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-00614-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-00614-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-00613-6
- Series ISSN
- 2363-9601
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 281
- Number of Illustrations
- 13 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
- Topics
