Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Agrostis

   • B. S. Ozdemir, H. Budak

   Pages 1-13

3. Bromus

   • W. M. Williams, A. V. Stewart, M. L. Williamson

   Pages 15-30

4. Cenchrus

   • S. Goel, H. D. Singh, S. N. Raina

   Pages 31-52

5. Cynodon

   • Yanqi Wu

   Pages 53-71

6. Dactylis

   • Alan V. Stewart, Nicholas W. Ellison

   Pages 73-87

7. Dichanthium

   • Vishnu Bhat, C. Mahalakshmi, Shashi , Sunil Saran, Soom Nath Raina

   Pages 89-112

8. Eleusine

   • Susana S. Neves

   Pages 113-133

9. Eragrostis

   • Mahmoud Zeid, Vivana Echenique, Marina Díaz, Silvina Pessino, Mark E. Sorrells

   Pages 135-151

10. Festuca

    • Toshihiko Yamada

    Pages 153-164

11. Lolium

    • Hongwei Cai, Alan Stewart, Maiko Inoue, Nana Yuyama, Mariko Hirata

    Pages 165-173

12. Panicum

    • Hem S. Bhandari, Masumi Ebina, Malay C. Saha, Joseph H. Bouton, Sairam V. Rudrabhatla, Stephen L. Goldman

    Pages 175-196

13. Paspalum

    • W. M. Williams, M. L. Williamson, D. Real

    Pages 197-216

14. Pennisetum

    • Thierry Robert, Nadra Khalfallah, Evelyne Martel, Françoise Lamy, Valerie Poncet, Clémentine Allinne et al.

    Pages 217-255

15. Phleum

    • Alan V. Stewart, Andrzej J. Joachimiak, Nicholas W. Ellison

    Pages 257-274

16. Setaria

    • Henri Darmency, Jack Dekker

    Pages 275-296

17. Zoysia

    • Shin-ichi Tsuruta, Makoto Kobayashi, Masumi Ebina

    Pages 297-309

18. Back Matter

    Pages 311-318

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Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

• Genomics resources
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

From the reviews:

“This series is dedicated to the Father of the Green Revolution, the late Dr Norman E. Borlaug. It provides a wealth of information about crop wild relatives in ten volumes ranging from cereals to forest trees. … While the series can be recommended to public- and private-sector agricultural research institutions globally, this specific book will also be greatly appreciated by graduate students and research scientists concerned with genetic resource conservation … and those dealing with control of related weeds.” (C. Tom Hash, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 47 (4), 2011)

• Institute of Nutraceutical Research, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

  Chittaranjan Kole

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