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The Kiwifruit Genome

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Editors:
  1. Raffaele Testolin

    1. Department of Agriculture, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

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  2. Hong-Wen Huang

    1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China

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  3. Allan Ross Ferguson

    1. for Plant & Food Research, The New Zealand Institute, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Offers essential insights into the latest advances in genome sequencing and analysis
  • Demonstrates how scientific findings from plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding
  • Will be of interest to scientists working in the fields of plant taxonomy, genetics, horticulture, and especially crop breeding
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Botanical Description

    • Allan Ross Ferguson
    Pages 1-13

  3. Genetic Resources

    • Hongwen Huang
    Pages 15-36

  4. World Economic Importance

    • Allan Ross Ferguson
    Pages 37-42

  5. Cytoplasmic DNA in Actinidia

    • Xiaohong Yao, Hongwen Huang
    Pages 43-54

  6. Cytology, Ploidy and Ploidy Manipulation

    • Allan Ross Ferguson, Hongwen Huang
    Pages 55-63

  7. Reproductive Biology

    • Lena G. Fraser, Mark A. McNeilage
    Pages 65-84

  8. Markers, Maps, and Marker-Assisted Selection

    • Raffaele Testolin, Guido Cipriani
    Pages 85-99

  9. The Kiwifruit Genome

    • Ross Crowhurst, Yifei Liu, Davide Scaglione
    Pages 101-114

  10. Repetitive Sequences

    • Andrea Zuccolo
    Pages 115-123

  11. Gene Family Prediction and Annotation

    • Robert J. Schaffer, Sarah M. Pilkington
    Pages 125-134

  12. The Genetics of Kiwifruit Flavor and Fragrance

    • Niels J. Nieuwenhuizen, Andrew C. Allan, Ross G. Atkinson
    Pages 135-147

  13. Genetics of Pigment Biosynthesis and Degradation

    • Mirco Montefiori, Sarah M. Pilkington, Kevin M. Davies, Andrew C. Allan
    Pages 149-161

  14. Ascorbic Acid-Related Genes

    • Sean Michael Bulley, William Laing
    Pages 163-177

  15. Acid Metabolism in Kiwifruit

    • K. B. Marsh, F. R. Harker
    Pages 179-188

  16. Genetics of Sugar and Starch Metabolism

    • Giannina Vizzotto, Rachele Falchi
    Pages 189-204

  17. Genetics of Fruit Softening

    • Ross G. Atkinson, Roswitha Schröder
    Pages 205-217

  18. The Kiwifruit Allergome

    • Sean Michael Bulley
    Pages 219-235

  19. Gene Introgression from Wild Relatives

    • Dawei Li, Yifei Liu
    Pages 237-248

  20. Genome-Based Breeding

    • Can-Hong Cheng, Paul M. Datson, Zac Hanley
    Pages 249-257
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About this book

This book describes the basic botanical features of kiwifruit and its wild relatives, reports on the steps that led to its genome sequencing, and discusses the results obtained with the assembly and annotation. The core chapters provide essential insights into the main gene families that characterize this species as a crop, including the genes controlling sugar and starch metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and degradation, the ascorbic-acid pathway, fruit softening and postharvest metabolism, allergens, and resistance to pests and diseases.

The book offers a valuable reference guide for taxonomists, geneticists and horticulturists. Further, since information gained from the genome sequence is extraordinarily useful in assessing the breeding value of individuals based on whole-genome scans, it will especially benefit plant breeders. Accordingly, chapters are included that focus on gene introgression from wildrelatives and genome-based breeding.





Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agriculture, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Raffaele Testolin

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China

    Hong-Wen Huang

  • for Plant & Food Research, The New Zealand Institute, Auckland, New Zealand

    Allan Ross Ferguson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Kiwifruit Genome

  • Editors: Raffaele Testolin, Hong-Wen Huang, Allan Ross Ferguson

  • Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32274-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32272-8Published: 13 May 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81239-7Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32274-2Published: 02 May 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2199-4781

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 269

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture

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