Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume 1: Biotic Stress

Genomics research has revolutionized the field of crop science. Researchers have mapped the genomes of many key crops, and the genetic information unlocked by these efforts has now matured to the point where they can be applied to practical crop breeding and improvement efforts. Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding spans two volumes that focus, separately and together, on efforts of translating these findings into improved cultivars and populations. Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Biotic Stress focuses on improving the resistance of crops to a wide variety of biotic stressors, including viruses, fungal infections and pests.  This volume explores the challenges of improving crop traits essential to warding off pathogens and pests in the dynamic environments. Providing timely coverage of on an urgently important topic, Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Biotic Stress will be an essential reference for anyone working in the fields of crop breeding, genetics, and improvement.

Contributors Forward Preface Chapter 1 Genomics Applications in Crop Breeding for Biotic Stress Tolerance: An Introduction Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa Chapter 2 Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice Yanjun Kou and Shiping Wang Chapter 3 The Genetic Basis of Disease Resistance in Maize Tiffany Jamann, Rebecca Nelson, and Peter Balint–Kurti Chapter 4 Genomics–Assisted Breeding for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat Hermann Buerstmayr, Maria Buerstmayr, Wolfgang Schweiger, and Barbara Steiner Chapter 5 Virus Resistance in Barley Frank Ordon and Dragan Perovic Chapter 6 Molecular Breeding for Striga Resistance in Sorghum Santosh P. Deshpande, Abdalla Mohamed, and Charles Thomas Hash, Jr. Chapter 7 Nematode Resistance in Soybean Tri D. Vuong, Yongqing Jiao, J. Grover Shannon, and Henry T. Nguyen Chapter 8 Marker–Assisted Selection for Biotic Stress Resistance in Peanut Mark D. Burow, Soraya C. M. Leal–Bertioli, Charles E. Simpson, Peggy Ozias–Akins, Ye Chu, Nicholas Denwar, Jennifer Chagoya, James L. Starr, M´arcio C. Moretzsohn, Manish K. Pandey, Rajeev K.Varshney, C. Corley Holbrook, and David J. Bertioli Chapter 9 Organization of Genes Conferring Resistance to Anthracnose in Common Bean Juan Jose Ferreira, Ana Campa, and James D. Kelly Chapter 10 Enabling Tools for Modern Breeding of Cowpea for Biotic Stress Resistance Bao–Lam Huynh, Jeffrey D. Ehlers, Timothy J. Close, Ndiaga Cisse, Issa Drabo, Ousmane Boukar, Mitchell R. Lucas, Steve Wanamaker, Marti Pottorf, and Philip A. Roberts Chapter 11 Disease Resistance in Chickpea Teresa Millan, Eva Madrid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Mohamed Kharrat, and Weidong Chen Chapter 12 Resistance to Late Blight in Potato Jadwiga Sliwka and Ewa Zimnoch–Guzowska Chapter 13 Late Blight of Tomato Marcin Nowicki, Elzbieta U. Kozik, and Majid R. Foolad Chapter 14 Marker–Assisted Selection for Disease Resistance in Lettuce I. Simko Chapter 15 Marker–Assisted Breeding for Cassava Mosaic Disease Resistance E. Okogbenin, I. Moreno, J. Tomkins, C.M. Fauquet, G. Mkamilo, and M. Fregene Chapter 16 Genetics and Gene Mapping of Disease Resistance in Brassica Genyi Li and Peter B.E. McVetty Index

Rajeev K. Varshney is a Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics), Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Research Programme Director– Grain Legumes at  the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi–Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad (India), and an adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. Roberto Tuberosa is a Professor in Biotechnology Applied to Plant Breeding in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy.