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Record Nr.

UNINA9910373941603321

Titolo

The Bitter Gourd Genome / / edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Hideo Matsumura, Tusar Kanti Behera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-15062-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 135 p. 25 illus., 20 illus. in color.)

Collana

Compendium of Plant Genomes, , 2199-4781

Disciplina

583.46

Soggetti

Plant genetics

Plant breeding

Agriculture

Plant Genetics and Genomics

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Botanical descriptions -- Medicinal properties: bioactives and their actions -- Genetic resources and genetic diversity -- Cytogenetical analysis of bitter gourd genome -- Sex determination -- Tissue culture, genetic engineering & nanotechnology -- Classical genetics and traditional breeding -- Molecular linkage mapping: Map construction and mapping of genes/QTLs -- Genome sequence and its comparative study with other Cucurbitaceae genome -- Functional genomics: metabolomics, transcriptomics (including biochemical study of interaction with parasite) -- Future Prospects.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focusing on the bitter gourd genome is the first comprehensive compilation of knowledge on the botany, cytogenetical analysis, genetic resources and diversity, traditional breeding, tissue culture and genetic transformation, whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics in the Cucurbitaceae family. It discusses the biochemical profile of the bioactives present in this horticultural crop, used both as a vegetable and as a medicine, and also addresses sex determination in bitter gourd. Written by respected international experts, the book is useful to students, teachers and scientists in



academia, as well as seed companies and pharmaceutical industries.