Springer The Sesame Genome (Compendium of Plant Genomes)

This book is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on whole genome sequencing of sesame including genome assembly, annotation, structure and synteny analysis, and sequencing of its chloroplast genome and also its wild species. It presents narratives on classical genetics and breeding, tissue culture and genetic transformation, molecular mapping and breeding. Other chapters describe the beneficial components in sesame protein and oil, botanical depictions and cytological features. Prospects of designed breeding in the post-genomics era including gene discovery have also been enumerated. Altogether, the book contains 19 chapters authored by globally reputed experts on the relevant field in this crop. This book is useful to the students, teachers, and scientists in the academia and relevant private companies interested in classical and molecular genetics, biotechnology, breeding, biochemistry, traditional and molecular breeding, and structural and evolutionary genomics. The work is also useful to seed and oil industries. From the Back Cover This book is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on whole genome sequencing of sesame including genome assembly, annotation, structure and synteny analysis, and sequencing of its chloroplast genome and also its wild species. It presents narratives on classical genetics and breeding, tissue culture and genetic transformation, molecular mapping and breeding. Other chapters describe the beneficial components in sesame protein and oil, botanical depictions and cytological features. Prospects of designed breeding in the post-genomics era including gene discovery have also been enumerated. Altogether, the book contains 19 chapters authored by globally reputed experts on the relevant field in this crop. This book is useful to the students, teachers, and scientists in the academia and relevant private companies interested in classical and molecular genetics, biotechnology, breeding, biochemistry, traditional and molecular breeding, and structural and evolutionary genomics. The work is also useful to seed and oil industries. About the Author Prof. Hongmei Miao focuses on sesame genomics, genetics and breeding techniques research. She works in Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences of China and has been appointed as the Distinguished Professor of Zhengzhou University of ChinaShe has been appointed as Agricultural System Scientist by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural affairs of China. She has presided tens of national scientific research programs and fellowships such as the Chinese National Natural fund and the Chinese National Agricultural Research program (CARs). She has published more than 40 scientific papers about sesame genetics, genetic engineering and disease resistance mechanism studies. She has bred 15 sesame varieties and authorized 16 Chinese invention patents. She has been awarded with the National Second Prize for Technological Invention, the Provincial First Prize for Progress in Science and Technology, and two pieces of Provincial Second Prize for Progress in Science and Technology. She also has been honored with a number of awards including the Outstanding Scientific and Technological Youth Award conferred by the Crop Science Society of China and the Outstanding Scientific Talent and the Outstanding Scientific Youth awarded by the Henan Province Government. As one of the initiators of the Sesame Genome Project (SGP), she carries on the genome evolution and genome architecture analysis in sesame and achieves remarkable progresses.  Prof. Haiyang Zhang is an internationally famous expert on sesame genetics and breeding fields over thirty years and has been appointed as the Specific- Oilseed Crop Scientist in Chief by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural affairs of China. He works in Henan Sesame Research Center, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences of China and has been app