The Globe Artichoke Genome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Portis, Ezio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Acquadro, Alberto (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lanteri, Sergio (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 presents the latest information on the genetics and genomics of the globe artichoke. It focuses on the latest findings, tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing, physical map development and QTL analyses, as well as genomic resources. The re-sequencing of four globe artichoke gen...

Table of Contents:

• Botanical descriptions, Genetic resources and historica/economic importance
• C. cardunculus propagation
• In vitro tissue culture (Virus free plants), callus induction
• C. cardunculus as a multiuse crop
• Synthetic pathways of bioactive compounds
• Genetics and Breeding
• Cytological details of genome
• Genomics
• Chloroplast Genomics
• miRNome
• Genome re-sequencing
• Genome database
• Towards a GWAS approach
• Future prospects.