Genomics of Tree Crops

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schnell, R.J (Editor), Priyadarshan, P.M (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Trees that are indispensably supportive to human life pose a formidable challenge to breed them to suit to human needs. From soft drinks to breweries to beverages to oil to tires, the value added products from trees give a spectrum of products to human kind.  While attempts to tap these resources th...

Table of Contents:

• The state of the art: Molecular Genomics and Marker-Assisted-Breeding
• Bioinformatics techniques for understanding and analyzing tree gene expression data
• Functional genomics of flowering time in trees
• Gene flow, spatial structure, local adaptation and assisted migration in trees
• Genetic Transformation of Fruit Trees
• Genomics of Temperate Fruit Trees
• Genomics of Tropical Fruit Tree Crops
• Papaya Genome and Genomics
• Genomics of Hevea rubber
• Coconut, Date and Oil Palm Genomics.