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  title info:
    title: Genetics and Genomics of Populus
  name:
    name part: Jansson, Stefan.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Bhalerao, Rishikesh.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Groover, Andrew.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 384 p. 49 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Trees are truly amazing! Woody species underpin vital terrestrial ecosystems, present a complex array of evolutionary novelties, and provide essential benefits and commodities. Trees play a key role in the major biogeochemical cycles, including water, oxygen, and nitrogen. Notably, forests are second only to oceans in the biological sequestration of carbon, and forests are recognized for their vital role in regulating the concentration of the greenhouse gas, CO2. At the same time, forests are threatened by land clearing for development and agriculture, introduced pathogens and insects, and by climate change. A fundamental need encompassing all of these scientific, economic, and management issues is a better understanding of the basic biology of forest trees. As the power of genetic model systems for biological research became increasingly obvious, the need for a good tree model system grew. Gradually, Populus – a genus consisting of over 30 species with a wide geographic distribution - developed into the prime model system for tree research. With the advent of Populus as a full-fleshed model system for plant genetic and genomics, tools are now available for plant researchers to explore these fascinating aspects of tree biology. Genetics and Genomics of Populus provides an indepth description of the genetic and genomic tools and approaches for Populus, examines the biology that has been elucidated using genomics, and looks to the future of this unique model plant. This volume is designed to serve both experienced Populus researchers and newcomers to the field. Contributors to the volume are a blend of researchers, some who have spent most of their research career on Populus and others that have moved to Populus from other model systems. Research on Populus forms a useful complement to research on Arabidopsis. In fact, many plant species found in nature are – in terms of the life history and genetics – more similar to Populus than to Arabidopsis. Thus, the genetic and…
  table of contents: Overview and an Introduction to the Biology of Populus -- Why and How Populus Became a “Model Tree” -- Salient Biological Features, Systematics, and Genetic Variation of Populus -- Growth and Physiology -- Populus Genetics and Genomics -- The Populus Genome and Comparative Genomics -- Nucleotide Polymorphism, Linkage Disequilibrium and Complex Trait Dissection in Populus -- Transformation as a Tool for Genetic Analysis in Populus -- Populus Resources and Bioinformatics -- Genetics and Genomics of Key Populus Traits -- Reproductive Development in Populus -- Perennial Life Style of Populus: Dormancy Cycling and Overwintering -- Wood Formation in Populus -- Populus Responses to Abiotic Stress -- Defense and Nutrient Mutualisms in Populus -- The Impact of Genomics on Advances in Herbivore Defense and Secondary Metabolism in Populus -- Populus for the Future -- Populus Breeding: From the Classical to the Genomic Approach -- Conservation Genomics.
  note: edited by Stefan Jansson, Rishikesh Bhalerao, Andrew Groover.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Trees
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plant genetics
  subject:
    topic: Plant pathology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Genetics & Genomics
  subject:
    topic: Tree Biology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Pathology
  classification: QH433
  classification: 581.35
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      title: Springer eBooks
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  identifier: 9781441915412
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1541-2
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