Genomic designing of climate-smart pulse crops /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11913483
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Other authors / contributors:Kole, Chittaranjan, editor.
ISBN:9783319969329
3319969323
9783319969312
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:This book describes the concepts, strategies and techniques for pulse-crop improvement in the era of climate change, highlighting the latest advances in plant molecular mapping and genome sequencing. Genetic mapping of genes and QTLs has broadened the scope of marker-assisted breeding and map-based cloning in almost all major pulse crops. Genetic transformation, particularly using alien genes conferring resistance to herbicide, insects and diseases has facilitated the development of a huge number of genetically modified varieties of the major pulse crops. Since the genome sequencing of rice in 2002, genomes of over 7 pulse crops have been sequenced. This has resulted in the possibility of deciphering the exact nucleotide sequence and chromosomal positions of agroeconomic genes. Most importantly, comparative genomics and genotyping-by-sequencing has opened up a new vista for exploring wild crop relatives for identification of useful donor genes.
Other form:Print version: Kole, Chittaranjan. Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Pulse Crops. Cham : Springer, ©2019 9783319969312
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-96