The book is about the seed development in the model and crop plants. Seed development is a key step of the plant life cycle that determines the nutrient value of seeds – the life for human civilization, growth, and development. The nutrient value of seeds is mainly due to storage reserve products such as carbohydrates, lipids (triacylglycerols), and proteins. The book primarily focuses on application of the 21st century high-throughput technologies transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and systems biology in near complete understanding of the various processes involved in seed development in different crop plants. The book reveals how such technologies have revolutionized our understanding of the multilayer processes and regulations involved therein by generating large-scale datasets. Accumulated datasets provide basic knowledge to develop integrated strategies to eventually improve the nutritional value of plant seed and crop yield, a critical goal in food security issues around the globe.
Author(s): Paolo A. Sabelli (auth.), Ganesh K. Agrawal, Randeep Rakwal (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 576
Tags: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Proteomics; Systems Biology; Metabolomics
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Seed Development: A Comparative Overview on Biology of Morphology, Physiology, and Biochemistry Between Monocot and Dicot Plants....Pages 3-25
Proteomics Reveals A Potential Role of the Perisperm in Starch Remobilization During Sugarbeet Seed Germination....Pages 27-41
Omics Platforms: Importance of Twenty-First Century Genome-Enabled Technologies in Seed Developmental Research for Improved Seed Quality and Crop Yield....Pages 43-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Rice Seed Development: Highly Resolved Transcriptomic Views....Pages 61-80
A Transcriptional Roadmap for Seed Development in Maize....Pages 81-97
Using Transcriptomics to Reveal Gene Networks of Seed Development in Arabidopsis ....Pages 99-110
The Medicago truncatula Gene Expression Atlas (MtGEA): A Tool for Legume Seed Biology and Biotechnology....Pages 111-127
Transcriptomics of Legume Seed: Soybean a Model Grain Legume....Pages 129-142
Peanut Seed Development: Molecular Mechanisms of Storage Reserve Mobilization and Effect of Water Deficit Stress on Seed Metabolism....Pages 143-169
Probing the Genes Expressed in Developing Seed of Oilseed Plants: Brassica Napus (L.) as A Case Example....Pages 171-186
Networks of Seed Storage Protein Regulation in Cereals and Legumes at the Dawn of the Omics Era....Pages 187-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Organelle Proteomics of Developing Seeds: Comparison with Other Plant Tissue Organelles....Pages 213-246
Proteomics in Identifying New Regulatory Mechanisms Involved in Seed Development and Ultimately Seed Quality....Pages 247-264
Digging Deeper into the Seed Proteome: Prefractionation of Total Proteins....Pages 265-278
The Central Role of Phosphoenolpyruvate Metabolism in Developing Oilseeds....Pages 279-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Search for Low-Molecular-Weight Biomarkers in Plant Tissues and Seeds Using Metabolomics: Tools, Strategies, and Applications....Pages 305-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Plant Metabolic Pathways: Databases and Pipeline for Stoichiometric Analysis....Pages 345-366
Coupled Transcript-Metabolite Profiling: Towards Systems Biology Approaches to Unravel Regulation of Seed Secondary Metabolism....Pages 367-385
Using Systems Approaches to Analyze Metabolic Networks Involved in Storage Reserve Synthesis in Developing Seeds....Pages 387-405
Metabolic Specialization of Maternal and Filial Tissues....Pages 407-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Marker-Aided Breeding Revolutionizes Twenty-First Century Crop Improvement....Pages 435-452
Metabolomics-Assisted Crop Breeding Towards Improvement in Seed Quality and Yield....Pages 453-475
A Role for “Omics” Technologies in Exploration of the Seed Nutritional Quality....Pages 477-501
Using Genome-Enabled Technologies to Address Allergens in Seeds of Crop Plants: Legumes as a Case Study....Pages 503-525
Improving Quality and Content of Oils in Seeds: Strategies, Approaches, and Applications Towards Engineering New Oilseed Crop Plants....Pages 527-554
Integrating Omics in Food Quality and Safety Assessment....Pages 555-567
Back Matter....Pages 550-550
