The olive tree genome. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eddo Rugini, Luciana Baldoni, Rosario Muleo, Luca Sebastiani, editors.
• Editors: Rugini, E (Eddo); Baldoni, Luciana; Muleo, R; Sebastiani, L
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Origin and Domestication; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Long Persistence and Diversification of Oleaster Populations in the Mediterranean Basin During the Pleistocene; 3 First Uses of the Oleaster During the Holocene and Early Evidence of Domestication in the Levant; 4 Secondary Diversification of the Crop Across the Mediterranean Basin Versus Multiple Independent Domestications; 5 New Opportunities for Crop Diversification Out of the Mediterranean Range; 6 Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Olive Biology; Abstract; 1 The Olive Tree. 1.1 Description and Habit1.2 Taxonomy; 2 Vegetative Morphology and Anatomy; 2.1 Trunk and Branches; 2.2 Leaves; 2.3 Roots; 3 Reproductive Structures and Development; 3.1 Inflorescence and Flower; 3.2 Fruit; 3.3 Seed and Embryo; References; 3 Olive Genetic Resources; Abstract; 1 Current Status of Olive Genetic Resources; 2 Cultivated Germplasm; 2.1 Features and Conservation of Cultivated Germplasm; 2.2 Characterization and Management of Cultivated Germplasm; 2.3 Molecular Tools as a Means of Genotyping of Olive Varieties; 2.4 Molecular Identification of Cultivars. 2.5 Genetic Diversity and Relationships Within the Cultivated Germplasm2.6 Phenotyping and Agronomical Performance of the Olive Varieties; 3 Wild Olives; 4 Ancient Olives; 5 Concluding Remarks on Olive Genetic Resources; References; 4 Olive Growing in a Time of Change: From Empiricism to Genomics; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Olive Growing in the World: Production, Consumption, and Trade; 3 Plantations; 3.1 Traditional Orchards; 3.2 The Crisis of Traditional Orchards; 3.3 High Density Mechanically Harvested Orchards; 4 The Future of World Olive Oil Consumption: Improving Oil Quality. 4.1 The Health Concern4.2 The Global Market Challenge; 5 The Sustainability Challenge; 6 Propagation, Genetic Resources, and Breeding; 7 The Role of Genomics in the Future of the Olive Growing; 8 Conclusion; References; 5 Genetic Mapping and Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci; Abstract; 1 Current Status of Genetic Mapping in Fruit Tree Crops; 2 Genetic Mapping in Olive; 2.1 Mapping with Conventional Markers; 2.2 Mapping with High-Throughput Markers; 3 QTL Mapping; 4 Association Mapping Studies; 5 Concluding Remarks; References; 6 Host Response to Biotic Stresses; Abstract; 1 Introduction. 2 The Major Entomological Enemy: The Olive Fly2.1 Cultivar Susceptibility to Olive Fly; 2.2 Olive Fly Control: From Insecticides to SIT and Beyond; 3 Major Viral and Bacterial Enemies; 3.1 Olive-Infecting Viruses and Viral Diseases; 3.2 Xylella fastidiosa; 4 Some of the Major Olive Diseases Caused by Pathogenic Fungi; 5 The Interaction of Olive with Its Enemies; 5.1 The Molecular Responses of the Olive Fruit to Bactrocera oleae Infestation; 5.2 The Olive Responsive Transcriptome to a Vascular Soil-Borne Pathogen; 5.2.1 Verticillium dahliae.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 634/.63233; 570; Life sciences; Olive -- Genetics; Plant genetics; Plant breeding; NATURE -- Reference; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; Plant breeding; Plant genetics; Life Sciences; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Agriculture; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General; Botany & plant sciences; Agricultural science; Agriculture; Plant reproduction & propagation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319488875; 3319488872; 3319488864; 9783319488868
• Related ISBNs: 9783319488868
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 1, 2017).
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