The Lentil Genome is a comprehensive volume on this important legume, from its economic importance to the latest in sequencing. The book includes botanical descriptions, discussion of lentil genetics, cytogenetics and breeding, molecular mapping genes and QTLs, as well as structural and functional genomics, genome sequencing, assembly, repetitive genome, gene annotation and synteny. Lentil [Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus] is among the earliest domesticates from the Near-East Fertile Crescent and plays a vital role in nutritional wellbeing and livelihood for the small-scale farmers in the dryland agricultural ecosystems of South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, and North Africa.
The classical plant breeding approach of selection-recombination-selection has been used successfully for genetic improvement in lentil. However further genetic improvement for developing the high yielding cultivars is required knowledge of gene network underlying the complex traits. Realizing the importance of genomics enabled improvement in crop plants, the scientific community has recently placed major emphasis on whole genome sequencing in many major crops including lentil. This compilation of the latest lentil genome research serves the immediate needs of students, scientists and is needed to strengthen conventional crop improvement strategies of lentil.
1. The Lentil Genome - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Front Matter - p. Page iv 6. Copyright - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page vi 8. Contributors - p. Page vii 9. Biography - p. Page viii 10. Preface - p. Page ix 11. Abbreviations - p. Page x 12. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 13. List of Tables - p. Page xii 14. Chapter 1 : Economic importance - p. Page xii 15. Chapter 2 : Botanical descriptions - p. Page xii 16. Chapter 3 : Lentil breeding - p. Page xii 17. Chapter 4 : Recent advancements in trait mapping in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) - p. Page xii 18. Chapter 5 : Cytological studies of lentil genome - p. Page xii 19. Chapter 6 : Exploitation of lentil wild relatives for genetic improvement - p. Page xii 20. Chapter 7 : Structural and functional genomic resources - p. Page xii 21. Chapter 8 : Lentil genome sequencing: Establishing a comprehensive platform for molecular breeding - p. Page xii 22. Chapter 9 : Repetitive sequences and genome duplication - p. Page xii 23. Chapter 10 : Impacts of germplasm characterization and candidate gene discovery - p. Page xii 24. Chapter 11 : Genomics for physiological traits in lentil under stressed environments - p. Page xii 25. Chapter 12 : Lentil breeding in postgenomic era - p. Page xii 26. Index - p. Page xii
The Lentil Genome is a comprehensive volume on this important legume, from its economic importance to the latest in sequencing. The book includes botanical descriptions, discussion of lentil genetics, cytogenetics and breeding, molecular mapping genes and QTLs, as well as structural and functional genomics, genome sequencing, assembly, repetitive genome, gene annotation and synteny. Lentil [Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus] is among the earliest domesticates from the Near-East Fertile Crescent and plays a vital role in nutritional wellbeing and livelihood for the small-scale farmers in the dryland agricultural ecosystems of South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, and North Africa.
The classical plant breeding approach of selection-recombination-selection has been used successfully for genetic improvement in lentil. However further genetic improvement for developing the high yielding cultivars is required knowledge of gene network underlying the complex traits. Realizing the importance of genomics enabled improvement in crop plants, the scientific community has recently placed major emphasis on whole genome sequencing in many major crops including lentil. This compilation of the latest lentil genome research serves the immediate needs of students, scientists and is needed to strengthen conventional crop improvement strategies of lentil.
1. The Lentil Genome - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Front Matter - p. Page iv 6. Copyright - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page vi 8. Contributors - p. Page vii 9. Biography - p. Page viii 10. Preface - p. Page ix 11. Abbreviations - p. Page x 12. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 13. List of Tables - p. Page xii 14. Chapter 1 : Economic importance - p. Page xii 15. Chapter 2 : Botanical descriptions - p. Page xii 16. Chapter 3 : Lentil breeding - p. Page xii 17. Chapter 4 : Recent advancements in trait mapping in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) - p. Page xii 18. Chapter 5 : Cytological studies of lentil genome - p. Page xii 19. Chapter 6 : Exploitation of lentil wild relatives for genetic improvement - p. Page xii 20. Chapter 7 : Structural and functional genomic resources - p. Page xii 21. Chapter 8 : Lentil genome sequencing: Establishing a comprehensive platform for molecular breeding - p. Page xii 22. Chapter 9 : Repetitive sequences and genome duplication - p. Page xii 23. Chapter 10 : Impacts of germplasm characterization and candidate gene discovery - p. Page xii 24. Chapter 11 : Genomics for physiological traits in lentil under stressed environments - p. Page xii 25. Chapter 12 : Lentil breeding in postgenomic era - p. Page xii 26. Index - p. Page xii
