Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf

1. Development and Application of Molecular Technologies in Forage and Turf Improvement

   1. Controlling Transgene Escape in Genetically Modified Grasses

      • Hong Luo, Qian Hu, Kimberly Nelson, Chip Longo, Albert P. Kausch

      Pages 245-254

   2. Comparison of Transgene Expression Stability after Agrobacterium-mediated or Biolistic Gene Transfer into Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

      • Fredy Altpeter, Yu-Da Fang, Jianping Xu, Xinrong Ma

      Pages 255-260

2. Bioinformatics

   1. Bioinformatics: Bringing Data to a Usable Form for Breeders

      • H. J. Ougham, L. S. Huang

      Pages 261-274

   2. Data Integration and Target Selection for Medicago Genomics

      • L. Wang, Y. Zhang

      Pages 275-288

3. Population and Quantitative Genetics

   1. Population and Quantitative Genetic Aspects of Molecular Breeding

      • John W. Dudley

      Pages 289-302

   2. AFLP-marker Analyses of Genetic Structure in Nordic Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) — Tracing the Origin of Norwegian Cultivars and Local Populations

      • Siri Fjellheim, Zanina Grieg, Odd Arne Rognli

      Pages 303-308

   3. Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis of Genetic Structure Within White Clover Populations

      • David L. Gustine

      Pages 309-314

   4. Dissection of Heterosis in Alfalfa Hybrids

      • H. Riday, E. C. Brummer

      Pages 315-324

4. Functional Genomics and Genome Sequencing of Medicago truncatula

   1. From Models to Crops: Integrated Medicago Genomics for Alfalfa Improvement

      • G. D. May

      Pages 325-332

   2. Sequencing Gene Rich Regions of Medicago truncatula, a Model Legume

      • B. A. Roe, D. M. Kupfer

      Pages 333-344

5. Field Test, Risk Assessment and Biosafety

   1. Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Risks: A Program Perspective

      • D. L. Sheely

      Pages 345-358

   2. Field Evaluation of Transgenic White Clover with AMV Immunity and Development of Elite Transgenic Germplasm

      • M. Emmerling, P. Chu, K. Smith, R. Kalla, G. Spangenberg

      Pages 359-366

   3. Field Evaluation and Risk Assessment of Transgenic Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) Plants

      • Zeng-Yu Wang, Andrew Hopkins, Robert Lawrence, Jeremey Bell, Megann Scott

      Pages 367-379

6. Intellectual Property Rights

   1. Protecting Plant Inventions

      • Rob Hanson, Steve Highlander

      Pages 381-395

7. Back Matter

   Pages 396-396

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Forage and turf are the backbone of sustainable agriculture and contribute extensively to the world economy. The fast-paced advancement of cellular and molecular biology provides novel methods to accelerate or complement conventional breeding efforts. This book contains the most comprehensive reviews on the latest development in applications of molecular techniques for the improvement of forage grasses, forage legumes and turf grasses. Detailed accounts and future opportunities in molecular breeding of forage and turf, from gene discovery to development of improved cultivars, are described in the book. Almost all relevant areas are explored in detail, including tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses; flowering control; plant-symbiont relations; breeding for animal, human and environmental welfare; molecular markers; transgenics; bioinformatics; population genetics; genomics of the model legume M. truncatula; field testing and risk assessment as well as intellectual property rights. This book will be of interest to researchers in both academia and industry who are involved in forage and turf improvement. It will be especially important to breeders, molecular biologists, geneticists, physiologists and agronomists.

• Expression
• Heterosis
• Meadow
• Metabolite
• Microarray
• Pathogen
• bioinformatics
• biotechnology
• breeding
• crops
• gene expression
• gene transfer
• genetics
• molecular biology
• quality

• Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, USA

  Andrew Hopkins, Zeng-YU Wang, Rouf Mian, Mary Sledge

• USDA-ARS, Corvallis, USA

  Reed E. Barker

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