Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement

Contents: 1.Genomics-assisted crop improvement: an overview; R K Varshney, R Tuberosa.- 2. Genic molecular markers in plants: development and applications; R K Varshney, T Mahender, R K Aggrawal, A Börner.- 3. Molecular breeding: maximizing the exploitation of genetic diversity; A P Sørensen, J Stuurman, J R van der Voort, J Peleman.- 4. Modeling QTL effects and marker-assisted selection in plant breeding; M Cooper, D W Podlich, L Luo.- 5. Applications of linkage disequilibrium and association mapping in crop plants; E S Ersoz, J Yu, E S Buckler.- 6. Exploitation of natural biodiversity through genomics; S Grandillo, S D Tanksley, D Zamir.- 7. Genomeless genomics in crop improvement; K J Lim, V Fey, S Rudd.- 8. Comparative genomics of cereals; J Salse, C Feuillet.- 9. Cloning QTLs in plants; S Salvi, R Tuberosa.- 10. Use of serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) for transcript profiling in plants; P C Sharma, H Matsumura, R Terauchi.-11. Genetical genomics: successes and prospects in plants; M Kirst, Q Yu.- 12. Analysis of salt stress-related transcriptome fingerprints from diverse plant species; A Pareek, S L Singla-Pareek, S K Sopory, A Grover.- 13. Auxin and cytokinin signaling component genes and their potential for crop improvement; J P Khurana, M Jain, A K Tyagi.- 14. Statistical advances in functional genomics; R W Doerge.- 5. TILLING and EcoTILLING for crop improvement; B J Till, L Comai, S Henikoff.- 16. Characterization of epigenetic biomarkers using new molecular approaches; M-V Gentil, S Maury