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Crop Epigenetics offers a comprehensive look at the science of agricultural epigenetics. Grounded with an introduction to the fundamental epigenetic molecular mechanisms of inheritance and the role these play in programming development, the book goes on to cover technologies for measuring epigenetic marks, lessons for crop plants from model plant species, and a whole range of phenotypic consequences subject to epigenetic regulation including parental imprinting, interaction with abiotic and biotic stresses, role in viral suppression and transposon, embryogenesis, fruit ripening, and much more. Crop Epigenetics concludes with an exploration of the scope for epigenetic selection and intervention in crop breeding, both for broad-acre arable crops and for perennial plantation and forest crops. Written by an international team of crop and epigenetic experts, Crop Epigeneticswill be a valuable resource for breeding companies, and advisors and practitioners in the fields of crop breeding, agronomy, and underlying disciplines.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-118-49292-5 (9781118492925)
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Content
Introduction Preface unraveling the role of epigenetics for crop adaption and improvement Graham King, SCU, Lismore (Editor) Epigenetic mechanisms of somatic regulation and inheritance Justin Goodrich, U. Edinburgh, Scotland The epigenetic landscape in plant genomes stability, variation, heritability Vincent Colot, ENS, Paris, France Section 2: Epigenetic mechanisms underlying crop development and response to environment Epigenetic responses and adaptation to crop abiotic stresses Mineral stress Temperature stress (apart from vernalisation) Water stress Jian-Kang Zhu, UC, Riverside, USA Role of small RNAs in mineral signaling and consequences for crop agronomy Julia Kehr, Centre of Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Madrid,Spain Epigenetic regulation of vernalisation and flowering time in crop plants Judith Irwin, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Section 3: Epigenetics affecting harvestable product/yield Fine tuning of fruit ripening by epigenetic feedback (modulation of fruit development) G raham Seymour, U. Nottingham & Tamas Dalmay, U. E. Anglia, UK Seed development and epigenetic mechanisms of parental imprinting Ueli Grossniklaus, U. Zurich, Swizerland and.or Rod Scott, U. Bath, UK Section 4: Crop epi-genetic improvement Vegetative and somaclonal variation in crop improvement Carlos Rodriguez Lopez, U. Adelaide, Australia Regulation of breeding systems, pollen development and self-incompatibility Rob Martiensen, U. Cambridge, UK or S Takayama, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan Molecular basis of crop heterosis Liz Dennis, CSIRO Primary Industries, Canberra, Crop breeding and selection using epigenetic information, Marc de Block, Bayer BioScience N.V., 9052 Gent, Belgium Epigenetic regulation of recombination Ian Henderson, U. Cambridge, UK Potential for epigenetic intervention in specific crops Arable (seed) crops Horticultural crops Plantation and forestry crops Graham King, SCU, Lismore + co-authors Conclusion and prognosis for future (5-8 pp) Tom Osborn, Monsanto, Ankeny, IA, USA