Overview
- Analyzes novel genetic characteristics in flax which have important implications for improvement of crop plants
- Includes a complete assembled genome sequence and its transcriptome
- Provides insight into the issues surrounding transgenic flax with important conclusions regarding acceptability
- Evaluates health benefits of this plant for humans and as animal feed
Part of the book series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models (PGG, volume 23)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Linum (flax) is a genus of about 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. The genus includes common flax, which is one of the best fibers to produce linen, the seeds to produce linseed oil and has health-related properties of flax in human and animal nutrition.
This book describes the genetics and genomics of Linum including the development of extensive experimental resources (e.g. whole genome sequence, efficient transformation methods, insertional mutant collections, large germplasm collections, resequenced genomes) that have led much progress and its economic importance. The methods and use of Linum to address a wide range of applications (e.g. disease resistance, cell wall composition, abiotic stress tolerance, floral development, natural diversity) is also discussed.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Christopher Cullis is the Francis Hobart Professor of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. He received his BSc from the University of London as a student at the University College of Rhodesia, and MSc and PhD degrees from the University of East Anglia. He has previously worked as a scientist at the John Innes Institute and spent two years as a director of the Plant Genome Program at the National Science Foundation. His research interest is primarily on the flax genome and its variations. He has published 143 papers, one text book and edited three volumes. He has served as the editor for Research and Reports in Biology and on the editorial boards of Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship and the Source Journal of Genomics. He has been the recipient of Civil Service (Nuffield and Leverhulme) Traveling Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genetics and Genomics of Linum
Editors: Christopher A. Cullis
Series Title: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23964-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23963-3Published: 06 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23966-4Published: 06 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23964-0Published: 21 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2363-9601
Series E-ISSN: 2363-961X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 270
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Physiology, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology