The Neem Genome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gowda, Malali (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sheetal, Ambardar (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kole, Chittaranjan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Compendium of Plant Genomes,
• Subjects: Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Agriculture.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

This book describes the sequencing efforts for Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss), one of the most versatile tropical evergreen tree species. The neem tree is a source of various natural products, including the potent biopesticide azadirachtin and limonoids, which have a broad spectrum of activity ag...

Table of Contents:

• Economic/Academic importance
• Botanical descriptions and distribution
• Traditional practices and knowledge of neem
• Biochemistry, medicinal properties and molecular biology of neem bioactives
• Quantification of secondary metabolites of neem
• Utilization of neem and neem products in agriculture
• Requirement of whole-genome sequencing
• Strategies & tools for sequencing
• Genome Assembly
• Repetitive sequences
• Gene annotation
• Synteny with allied & model genomes
• Comparison of gene families
• Impact on neem tree improvement breeding
• Neem tissue culture
• Neem microbiome
• Future prospects.