Overview
- Presents an overview on the Chenopodium quinoa genome
- Provides comprehensive information on the history, botanical context, available resources, and advances in functional genomics of Chenopodium quinoa
- Offers insights into how recently available information on the genetics and genomics of quinoa, an increasingly important emerging crop, will help address breeding targets
Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)
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This book focuses on quinoa, providing background information on its history, summarizing recent genetic and genomic advances, and offering directions for future research. Meeting the caloric and nutritional demands of our growing population will not only require increases in overall food production, but also the development of new crops that can be grown sustainably in agricultural environments that are increasingly susceptible to degradation. Quinoa is an ancient crop native to the Andean region of South America that has recently gained international attention because its seeds are high in protein, particularly in essential amino acids. Quinoa is also highly tolerant of abiotic stresses, including drought, frost and salinity. For these reasons, quinoa has the potential to help address issues of food security – a potential that was recognized when the United Nations declared 2013 the International Year of Quinoa. However, more effort is needed to improve quinoa agronomically and to understand the mechanisms of its abiotic stress tolerance; the recent development of genetic and genomic tools, including a reference genome sequence, will now help accelerate research in these areas.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Quinoa Genome
Editors: Sandra M. Schmöckel
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65237-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65236-4Published: 05 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65239-5Published: 05 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65237-1Published: 04 February 2021
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 195
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture