This book is the first comprehensive volume on the genetics and genomics of pineapple and provides an overview of the current state of pineapple research. Pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] is the second most important tropical fruit after banana in term of international trade. Its features are advantageous for genomic research: it has a small genome of 527 Mb which is diploid and vegetatively propagated; it is monocot, closely related to the grass family that includes major cereal crops, wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, and millet; and it serves as an out group for genetic and genomic research in grasses. In addition to exploring the evolution and improvement of pineapple, this work examines the pineapple genome with respect to genome structure and organization, comparative analyses with other angiosperm genomes, transcription factors, disease resistance, and circadian clock regulation of CAM related genes. With chapters covering botanical, genetic, genomic, and applied aspects ofpineapple, this text also encourages the application of genomic technologies and suggests future prospects.

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Dr. Ray Ming is a professor in the department of plant biology at the  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. His research interests include studying sex chromosomes and sex determination in papaya, the origin and evolution of CAM photosynthesis in pineapple, and genome evolution in autopolyploid sugarcane.

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Preface/Introduction (Ray Ming)

I. Natural History and Pineapple Improvement1. Origin and Domestication of Pineapple Geo Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge
2. Biology of the Pineapple Plant Duane Bartholomew
3. The Phylogeny of the Family Bromeliaceae J. Andrew C. Smith
4. Genetic Diversity of Pineapple Qingsong Wu
5. Molecular Genetic Map of Pineapple José Manuel Leitão
6. Genetic Transformation of Pineapple Ming-Li Wang and Robert E. Paull
7. A Brief History of Pineapple Improvement Garth Sanewski
II. The Pineapple Genome8. Sequencing and Assembly of the F153 Pineapple GenomeRay Ming
9. The Draft Genome of MD-2 Pineapple Vijay Kumar
10. Comparative Genomics of Pineapple and Other Angiosperm Genomes Haibao Tang
11. Pineapple Repeat Database Romain Guyot
12. Identification of microRNA, phasiRNAs, and Their Targets in Pineapple Ramanjulu Sunkar
13. Comparative Analysis of Transcription Factors in Pineapple Qingyi Yu
14. Alternative Splicing Landscape in Pineapple Xiangjia Min
15. Analysis of Genes Encoding Proteolytic Enzymes in Pineapple Xiangjia Min
16. Genomics of Pineapple Disease Resistance Genes Xiaodan Zhang and Ray Ming
17. Carbon Flux and Carbohydrate Gene Families in Pineapple Robert E. Paull, Neil Shirley, and Vincent Bulone
18. Pineapple DB: An Online Pineapple Bioinformatics Resource José R Botella
III. Early Applications and Future Prospects19. Molecular Markers in Pineapple Jingping Fang and Ray Ming
20. Genomics of the Pineapple Systeine Protease Family Bromelain Ching Man Wai
21. Gametophyte Self-incompatibility in Pineapple Chih-Wei Tung
22. Circadian Clock Cis-elements in the Evolution of CAM Photosynthesis Robert VanBuren
23. Genomic Relationships, Diversity, and Ancestry of Ananas taxa Robert VanBuren and Christian Lexer
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