1st Edition

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Brassicas

Edited By Jan Sadowski, Chittaranjan Kole Copyright 2011
    464 Pages 15 Color & 43 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Due to their diversity, vegetable Brassicas are of great economic import and offer unique opportunities to enrich our knowledge about plant growth, development, and rapid phenotypic evolution. By applying emerging genomic technologies, we may greatly increase our understanding of the Brassica biology and breeding efficiency. This volume contains 11 chapters contributed by 34 specialists with extensive experience in genetics, molecular breeding, and genomics of vegetable Brassicas. Recent achievements and new technologies presented in this book will provide support to further research the genetics and genomics of vegetable Brassica crops and facilitate their genetic improvement.

    Basic Information on Vegetable Brassica Crops: M. Cartea, M. Lema, M. Francisco, and P. Velasco
    Classical Breeding and Genetic Analysis of Vegetable Brassicas: N. Ramchiary, S. Park, and Y.-P. Lim
    Diversity Analysis and Molecular Taxonomy of Brassica Vegetable Crops: G. Bonnema, D. Pino, D. Carpio, and J. Zhao
    Molecular Linkage Maps: Strategies, Resources and Achievements: D. Babula-Skowronska, A. Ciesla, and J. Sadowski
    Molecular Mapping of Complex Traits: M. Kaczmarek, M. Nelson, and W. Cowling
    Cytogenetic Studies in Vegetable Brassicas: P.A. Ziolkowski, M.A. Lysak and W.K. Heneen
    Brassica rapa
    Genome Sequencing Project: Strategies and Current Status: J.-H. Mun, T.-J. Yang, S.-J. Kwon, and B.-S. Park
    Exploring the Paradoxes of the Brassica Genome Architecture: I.A.P. Parkin and S.J. Robinson
    The Decoding of Gene Functions—Transcriptomics Tools Toward Molecular Physiology and Breeding: A. Ludwikow, K. Krasowski, and L. Zeef

    Biography

    Jan Sadowski, Chittaranjan Kole