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.

Enriches understanding of the current state of pineapple research as the only complete book available on the genetics and genomics of pineapple Combines material from all major global researchers who have been working on pineapple Equips readers with protocols for growing and transforming pineapple

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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.

Inhalt
Preface.- Introduction.- Origin and Domestication of Pineapple.- Biology of the Pineapple Plant.- The Phylogeny of the Family Bromeliaceae.- Genetic Diversity of Pineapple.- Molecular Genetic Map of Pineapple.- Genetic Transformation of Pineapple.- A Brief History of Pineapple Improvement.- Sequencing and Assembly of the F153 Pineapple Genome.- The Draft Genome of MD-2 Pineapple.- Comparative Genomics of Pineapple and Other Angiosperm Genomes.- Pineapple Repeat Database.- Identification of microRNA, phasiRNAs, and Their Targets in Pineapple.- Comparative Analysis of Transcription Factors in Pineapple.- Alternative Splicing Landscape in Pineapple.- Analysis of Genes Encoding Proteolytic Enzymes in Pineapple.- Genomics of Pineapple Disease Resistance Genes.- Carbon Flux and Carbohydrate Gene Families in Pineapple.- Pineapple DB: An Online Pineapple Bioinformatics Resource.- Molecular Markersin Pineapple.- Genomics of the Pineapple Systeine Protease Family Bromelain.- Gametophyte Self-incompatibility in Pineapple.- Circadian Clock Cis-elements in the Evolution of CAM Photosynthesis.- Genomic Relationships, Diversity, and Ancestry of Ananas taxa.- Index.