Genetics and Genomics of Soybean / Edition 1

by Gary Stacey, B. Goldberg

Overview

GeneticsandGenomicsofSoybean,EditedbyProfessorGaryStacey,isaremarkable collection of articles by internationally-recognized experts in the field of soybean genomics – many of whom helped to develop the tools and resources necessary to establish soybean as a powerful crop to investigate important basic and applied questions of plant biology. This collection of articles provides a comprehensive up-to-date review of the field of soybean genomics, and documents how far this field has advanced in the last few years. From the vantage point of someone like myself who first began investigatingthe organizationand expression of the soybean genome thirty years ago, the insights provided by the authors in this book in- cate that soybean has indeed “come of age,” and that decades-old mysteries of the soybean genome are now being illuminated. Genetics and Genomics of Soybean is divided into four sections: (1) soybean genome natural history and diversity – which includes chapters on the genetic variation of the soybean genome and its relationship to other legume genomes; (2) tools, resources, and approaches – which includes reviews of technological advances that are being used to study the s- bean genome – including the first glimpse of how the soybean genome is being sequenced and assembled; (3) investigations of soybean biology – which contains chapters that review how genomics tools have been used to study important qu- tions – such as seed development, host-pathogen interactions, abiotic stress, and metabolic pathways; and (4) how Roundup Ready soybeans, generated by genetic engineering, have made an impact on global soybean agriculture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387722986
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	06/11/2008
Series:	Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models , #2
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	407
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Natural History and Genetic Diversity.- Soybean: Market Driven Research Needs.- Soybean Molecular Genetic Diversity.- Legume Comparative Genomics.- Phaseolus vulgaris: A Diploid Model for Soybean.- Tools, Resources and Approaches.- The Soybean Molecular Genetic Linkage Map.- Soybean Genome Structure and Organization.- Sequence and Assembly of the Soybean Genome.- Advances in Soybean Breeding.- Forward and Reverse Genetics in Soybean.- Bioinformatic Resources for Soybean Genetic and Genomic Research.- Investigations of Soybean Biology.- Genomics of Soybean Seed Development.- Genomics of Soybean Oil Traits.- Genomics of Secondary Metabolism in Soybean.- Genomics of Fungal- and Oomycete-Soybean Interactions.- Genomics of Insect-Soybean Interactions.- Genomics of Viral–Soybean Interactions.- Genomics of the Soybean Cyst Nematode-Soybean Interaction.- Genomics of Abiotic Stress in Soybean.- Early Messages.- The Global Economic Impacts of Roundup Ready Soybeans.