Overview
- The only book on plant seed development with application of the 21st century technologies
- Provides a rich source of information including all references compiled in one place
- Excellent reference and textbook for students, new researchers, and established scientists
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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The book is about the seed development in the model and crop plants. Seed development is a key step of the plant life cycle that determines the nutrient value of seeds – the life for human civilization, growth, and development. The nutrient value of seeds is mainly due to storage reserve products such as carbohydrates, lipids (triacylglycerols), and proteins. The book primarily focuses on application of the 21st century high-throughput technologies transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and systems biology in near complete understanding of the various processes involved in seed development in different crop plants. The book reveals how such technologies have revolutionized our understanding of the multilayer processes and regulations involved therein by generating large-scale datasets. Accumulated datasets provide basic knowledge to develop integrated strategies to eventually improve the nutritional value of plant seed and crop yield, a critical goal in food security issues aroundthe globe.
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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INTRODUCTION
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Transcriptomics
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Front Matter
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TRANSCRIPTOMICS
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Proteomics
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PROTEOMICS
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Metabolomics
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Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seed Development: OMICS Technologies toward Improvement of Seed Quality and Crop Yield
Book Subtitle: OMICS in Seed Biology
Editors: Ganesh K. Agrawal, Randeep Rakwal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4749-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4748-7Published: 07 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9968-4Published: 29 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4749-4Published: 09 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XL, 576
Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Proteomics, Systems Biology, Metabolomics