The Capsicum Genome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ramchiary, Nirala (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 contains complete information on Capsicum genetic resources, diversity, evolution, history and advances in capsicum improvement from classical breeding to whole genome sequencing, genomics, databases and its impact on next generation pepper breeding. Capsicum is one of the most important S...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Genetic resources in Capsicums
• Classical genetics and traditional breeding
• Cytology and DNA content variation of Capsicum genomes
• Development and evolution of molecular markers and genetic maps in Capsicum species
• Molecular mapping and identification of QTLs/ genes for economically important traits in Capsicum genome
• Genome sequencing of Capsicum species
• Sequencing of organelle genomes in Capsicum
• Landscape of noncoding RNA genes in capsicum genome
• Epigenome landscape in Capsicum genome
• Revisiting Origin, Evolution and Phylogenetics of Capsicums in the Genomics era
• Capsicum genome sequence databases
• Impact of genomics on germplasm characterization & gene discovery in Capsicums.