Technical Crops includes plants of great agricultural importance. One chapter is devoted to cotton, the most important fiber crop on which significant progress in molecular genetic research has been made. Reviews on oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber describe traditional breeding and preliminary molecular results. Chapters on forage crops, ornamentals, and medicinal and aromatic plants may serve as road maps for further molecular research.
Author(s): Chittaranjan Kole
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 224
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 16
1.1 Introduction......Page 19
1.1.1 Origin and Domestication of Cotton......Page 20
1.1.3 Morphology and Taxonomy of the Cotton Species......Page 21
1.1.4 Domestication and Diffusion of Cotton......Page 24
1.1.5 Traditional Breeding......Page 27
1.2 Construction of Genetic Linkage Maps......Page 28
1.2.1 History of Genetic Linkage Mapping in Cotton......Page 33
1.2.2 What Have We Learned from Genetic Linkage Mapping in Cotton?......Page 34
1.2.3 What Is the Future for Genetic Linkage Mapping in Cotton?......Page 36
1.3.1 Simple Phenotypes in Gossypium spp.......Page 37
1.3.2 Simple Phenotypes Molecular Mapped in Gossypium spp.......Page 38
1.4.1 History of QTLs......Page 42
1.4.2 QTL Methodologies......Page 43
1.4.3 QTLs Detected Using Interspecific Mapping Families......Page 46
1.4.4 QTLs Detected Using Intraspecific Mapping Families......Page 48
1.4.5 QTLs Detected on Mapping Population for Specific Gene(s)......Page 49
1.4.6 Comparison of QTLs......Page 51
1.5 Marker-Assisted Breeding......Page 52
1.5.2 The Future of MAB in Cotton......Page 53
1.5.3 Marker-Assisted Introgression......Page 54
1.6 Map-Based Cloning......Page 56
1.7 The Future......Page 58
References......Page 60
2.1.1 Characteristics of Cross-Pollinated Forage Crops as Distinct from Those of Inbred Species......Page 68
2.1.2 Botanical Descriptions......Page 70
2.1.7 Limitations of Classical Endeavors and Utility of Molecular Mapping......Page 71
2.2.1 Kinds of Mapping Population and Molecular Markers......Page 72
2.2.3 Construction of Second-Generation Maps......Page 74
2.3.2 Blast Resistance......Page 79
2.4 Quantitative Trait Loci Detected......Page 80
2.5 Marker-Assisted Breeding......Page 81
2.6 Map-Based Cloning......Page 83
2.7.1 Synteny Between Forage Crops and Other Well-Studied Grass Species......Page 84
2.7.3 Genetic Transformation......Page 85
References......Page 86
3.1 Introduction......Page 93
3.2.1 Roses......Page 94
3.2.2 Snapdragon......Page 99
3.2.3 Petunia......Page 101
3.3.2 Sexually Propagated Crops......Page 102
3.4.1 Methods of Classification......Page 103
3.4.2 Studies of Genetic Relatedness of Genotypes......Page 104
References......Page 105
4.1.1 Botanical Classification and Phylogeny......Page 109
4.1.2 Geographical Distribution......Page 110
4.1.4 Economy......Page 111
4.1.5 Oil Palm Products and Their Uses......Page 113
4.2.1 Fingerprinting and Linkage Studies......Page 115
4.2.2 Potential Applications of Markers – Simple Traits......Page 116
4.2.4 Potential Applications of Markers – Disease Resistance......Page 117
4.5 Vegetative Propagation of Oil Palm......Page 118
4.6 Transformation Technology......Page 119
4.7.3 Transgenics and Tissue Culture......Page 120
References......Page 121
5.1 Introduction......Page 125
5.2.1 An Allotetraploid Species......Page 126
5.3 Breeding Strategies......Page 127
5.3.2 Factors Controlling Gene Introgression......Page 128
5.5 Gene Tagging......Page 129
5.7 Conclusions and Perspectives......Page 131
References......Page 132
6.1.2 Camellia sinensis as a Beverage Crop......Page 135
6.1.3 Breeding Objectives for Tea......Page 136
6.2.2 Genetic Analysis with DNA Markers......Page 137
References......Page 140
7.1.1 History and Distribution......Page 142
7.1.2 General Characteristics of Cacao......Page 143
7.1.3 Botany......Page 144
7.1.5 Importance and Uses of Cacao......Page 147
7.1.6 Production Constraints......Page 148
7.2.2 Hybrid Selection......Page 149
7.3 Genetic Linkage and Gene Mapping......Page 150
7.4 Marker-Assisted Selection......Page 151
7.6 Genetic Transformation......Page 152
References......Page 153
8.1.1 Commercial Importance......Page 158
8.1.3 Historical Aspects......Page 159
8.1.5 Breeding Objectives......Page 161
8.1.6 Genetic Resources and Variability......Page 162
8.1.7 Breeding Methodologies and Achievements......Page 163
8.2 Application of in Vitro Culture......Page 172
8.2.2 Somatic Embryogenesis and Meristem Culture......Page 174
8.3.1 Molecular Diversity......Page 176
8.3.2 Gene Linkage Maps and QTLs......Page 178
8.3.4 Direct Gene Transfer......Page 182
8.3.5 Conclusions and Future Outlook......Page 183
References......Page 184
9.2.1 Catharanthus roseus......Page 190
9.2.2 Mentha spp.......Page 192
9.2.3 Papaver somniferum......Page 196
9.2.4 Ocimum spp.......Page 197
9.2.5 Artemisia annua......Page 198
9.2.6 Capsicum spp.......Page 199
9.2.8 Taxus wallichiana......Page 201
9.2.9 Phyllanthus spp.......Page 202
9.2.11 Cymbopogon spp.......Page 203
9.2.12 Bacopa monnieri......Page 204
9.3 Concluding Remarks......Page 205
References......Page 206
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