Overview
- Describes opportunities and challenges regarding the genetic improvement of Solanum species
- Shares valuable insights into the latest advances in genome sequencing and analysis
- Demonstrates how scientific findings in plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding
Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)
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This book gathers the latest information on the organization of genomes in wild Solanum species and emphasizes how this information is yielding direct outcomes in the fields of molecular breeding, as well as a better understanding of both the patterns and processes of evolution. Cultivated Solanums, such as potato, tomato, and pepper, possess a high number of wild relatives that are of great importance for practical breeding and evolutionary studies. Their germplasm is often characterized by allelic diversity, as well as genes that are lacking in the cultivated species.
Wild Solanums have not been fully exploited by breeders. This is mainly due to the lack of information regarding their genetics and genomics. However, the genome of important cultivated Solanaceae such as potato, tomato, eggplant, and pepper has already been sequenced. On the heels of these recent developments, wild Solanum genomes are now becoming available, opening an exciting new era for both basic research and varietal development in the Solanaceae.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Wild Solanums Genomes
Editors: Domenico Carputo, Riccardo Aversano, Maria Raffaella Ercolano
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30343-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30342-6Published: 22 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30345-7Published: 10 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30343-3Published: 21 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 240
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture