Genomics of the Saccharinae

ISBN-13: 9781489990976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 568 str.

Andrew Paterson

Opis

The Saccharinae clade of the Poaceae (grass) family of flowering plants includes several important crops with a rich history of contributions to humanity and the promise of still-greater contributions, as a result of some of the highest biomass productivity levels known, resilience to drought and other environmental challenges that are likely to increase, amenability to production systems that may mitigate or even reverse losses of ecological capital such as topsoil erosion, and the recent blossoming of sorghum as a botanical and genomic model for the clade. In Genomics of the Saccharinae, advances of the past decade and earlier are summarized and synthesized to elucidate the current state of knowledge of the structure, function, and evolution of the Sorghum, Saccharum, and Miscanthus genera, and progress in the application of this knowledge to crop improvement. As a backdrop, it is important to understand the naturally occurring diversity in each genus, its organization and distribution, and its evolutionary history. Genomic tools and methods for Saccharinae biology and improvement have improved dramatically in the past few years - a detailed summary of these tools and their applications is a central element of this book. Application of genomic tools to priorities in crop improvement, including understanding and manipulating plant growth and development, composition, and defense, as well as increasing the quality and productivity of seed/grain, sugar, biomass, and other value-added products under a range of conditions and inputs, are addressed. In particular, as the first native African crop to emerge as a genomic model, sorghum offers an excellent case study of challenges and opportunities in linking new advances in biosciences to solving some of Africa's major agricultural problems. Several members of the clade, exemplified by Sorghum halepense (Johnsongrass) offer insights into weediness and invasion biology. The first sequence for a member of the clade, sorghum, as well as progress and challenges toward sequencing of additional members and the new opportunities that this will create, are also explored. Indeed, the very complexities that have hindered study of some clade members also offer intriguing opportunities to gain insight into fundamental questions such as roles of polyploidy in agricultural productivity and post-polyploidy evolution.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"Insightful review of the current state of knowledge and research on genome analysis of these crops, and sorghum particularly. ... this book provides some good in-depth reviews and commentary for those interested in genome analysis of sorghum and some good overviews of activity in certain molecular genetics research fields in sorghum, sugarcane and Miscanthus." (Phil Jackson, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 49 (2), 2013)

Spis treści

Natural History and Genetic Diversity

1. Phylogenetic relationships of Saccharinae and Sorghinae

Elizabeth A. Kellogg

2. The gene pool of Sorghum bicolor and its improvement. 

Clarissa T. Kimber, Jeff A. Dahlberg, and Stephen Kresovich

3. The gene pool of Saccharum species and their improvement.

Andrew H. Paterson, Paul H. Moore, Tom L. Tew

4. The gene pool of Miscanthus species and its improvement

Erik J. Sacks, John A. Juvik, Qi Lin, J. Ryan Stewart and Toshihiko Yamada

Genomic Tools, Resources and Approaches. 

5. The Sorghum genome sequence: a core resource for Saccharinae genomics

Andrew H. Paterson

6. Transcriptome analysis in the Saccharinae

Milton Yutaka Nishiyama-Jr, Fabio Vicente, Paloma Mieko Sato, Savio Siqueira Ferreira, Alan Mitchell Durham, Frank Alex Feltus, and Glaucia Mendes Souza

7.  Sorghum and Sugarcane Proteomics

Bongani Ndimba, R Ngara

8. Gene mutagenesis systems and resources for the Saccharinae

Zhanguo Xin, Ming-Li Wang, Surinder Chopra, Pohao Wang

9. Association Genetics Strategies and Resources

Jianming Yu, Martha T. Hamblin, and Mitchell R. Tuinstra

10. Sorghum transformation: overview and utility

Tejinder Kumar, Arlene Howe, Shirley Sato, Ismail Dweikat, Tom Clemente

11. Genetic engineering of Saccharum

Getu Beyene, Ian S. Curtis, Mona B. Damaj, Marco T. Buenrostro-Nava and T. Erik Mirkov

12. Genetic engineering of Miscanthus

Dean Engler and Katrin Jakob

13. Saccharinae Bioinformatics Resources

Alan R. Gingle, F. Alex Feltus

Bridging Classical and Genomic Investigations of Sorghum Biology

14. Bridging Classical and Molecular Genetics of Sorghum Plant Stature and Maturity

Patrick J. Brown and Andrew H. Paterson

15. Bridging classical and molecular genetics of sorghum disease resistance

Clint W. Magill

16. Bridging Conventional and Molecular Genetics of Sorghum Insect Resistance

Yinghua Huang, Hari C. Sharma, and Mukesh K. Dhillon

17. Genetic enhancement of sorghum for biomass utilization

Wilfred Vermerris and Ana Saballos

Early Messages pertinent to Other Crops, from Saccharinae Research

18. Comparative genomics of grasses: A Saccharinae-centric view

Andrew H. Paterson, Xiyin Wang, Haibao Tang, Changsoo Kim

19. Comparative genomic analysis of C4 photosynthesis pathway evolution in grasses

Xiyin Wang, Andrew H. Paterson

20. Differentiation of seed, sugar, and biomass-producing genotypes in Saccharinae species

Seth C. Murray

21. Perennialism and Weediness in the Saccharinae

Russell W. Jessup

Synthetic and Futuristic Perspectives

22. Bringing the benefits of sorghum genomics to Africa

Segenet Kelemu, Brhane Gebrekidan, Jagger Harvey

23. Synthesis: Fundamental insights into plant biology from the Saccharinae clade

Andrew Paterson