The Eggplant Genome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chapman, Mark A. (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.

The book discusses the importance of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) as a crop, highlighting the potential for eggplant to serve as a model for understanding several evolutionary and taxonomic questions. It also explores the genomic make-up, in particular in comparison to other Solanaceous crops, an...

Table of Contents:

• Economic/Academic importance
• Botanical descriptions/cytology
• Classical genetics and traditional breeding
• Genetic basis of nutrition
• Molecular mapping - comparison to other crops
• Molecular mapping of genes & QTLs/Association Mapping
• Structural & functional genomic resources developed
• The draft genome
• Background history of the genome initiatives. Strategies for sequencing
• Repetitive sequences, gene annotation, gene families, genome duplication
• Synteny with allied & model genomes
• Other domesticated eggplants
• Domestication genomics
• Impact on germplasm characterization & gene discovery
• Impact on plant breeding
• Future prospects.