The Barley Genome

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This book presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in barley genome analysis, covering all aspects of sequencing the genome and translating this important information into new knowledge in basic and applied crop plant biology and new tools for research and crop improvement. Unlimited access to a high-quality reference sequence is removing one of the major constraints in basic and applied research. This book summarizes the advanced knowledge of the composition of the barley genome, its genes and the much larger non-coding part of the genome, and how this information facilitates studying the specific characteristics of barley. One of the oldest domesticated crops, barley is the small grain cereal species that is best adapted to the highest altitudes and latitudes, and it exhibits the greatest tolerance to most abiotic stresses. With comprehensive access to the genome sequence, barley’s importance as a genetic model in comparative studies on crop species like wheat, rye, oats and even rice is likely to increase. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Economic and Academic Importance of Barley (Peter Langridge)....Pages 1-10 Taxonomy of the Genus Hordeum and Barley (Hordeum vulgare) (Frank R. Blattner)....Pages 11-23 Cytogenetics and Genetic Stocks for Physical Mapping and Sequencing (Andreas Houben, Lala Aliyeva-Schnorr, Giri Prasad Joshi, Takashi R. Endo)....Pages 25-44 Chromosomal Genomics of Barley (Hana Šimková, Marie Kubaláková, Jan Vrána, Petr Cápal, Jaroslav Doležel)....Pages 45-56 Barley Genome Sequencing and Assembly—A First Version Reference Sequence (Nils Stein, Martin Mascher)....Pages 57-71 Gene Prediction in the Barley Genome (Sven O. Twardziok, Heidrun Gundlach, Thomas Lux, Pete E. Hedley, Micha Bayer, Matthias Platzer et al.)....Pages 73-88 The Expressed Portion of the Barley Genome (Craig G. Simpson, Roberto A. Barrero, Micha Bayer, Andrew Flavell, Paulo Rapazote-Flores, Matthew I. Bellgard et al.)....Pages 89-107 Sequence Diversity and Structural Variation (María Muñoz-Amatriaín, Martin Mascher)....Pages 109-122 The Repetitive Landscape of the Barley Genome (Thomas Wicker, Heidrun Gundlach, Alan H. Schulman)....Pages 123-138 Molecular Mapping and Cloning of Genes and QTLs (Mats Hansson, Takao Komatsuda, Nils Stein, Gary J. Muehlbauer)....Pages 139-154 Genomics Approaches to Mining Barley Germplasm Collections (Martin Mascher, Kazuhiro Sato, Brian Steffenson)....Pages 155-169 Barley Inflorescence Architecture (Sarah M. McKim, Ravi Koppolu, Thorsten Schnurbusch)....Pages 171-208 Genetics of Whole Plant Morphology and Architecture (Laura Rossini, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Ron Okagaki, Silvio Salvi, Maria von Korff)....Pages 209-231 A Genomic View of Biotic Stress Resistance (J. Mitch Elmore, Dragan Perovic, Frank Ordon, Patrick Schweizer, Roger P. Wise)....Pages 233-257 Genomic and Genetic Studies of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Barley (Stephanie Saade, Sónia Negrão, Darren Plett, Trevor Garnett, Mark Tester)....Pages 259-286 Genomics-Based Barley Breeding (Kevin P. Smith, William Thomas, Lucia Gutierrez, Hazel Bull)....Pages 287-315 Barley Domestication, Adaptation and Population Genomics (Karl Schmid, Benjamin Kilian, Joanne Russell)....Pages 317-336 The Genomes of the Secondary and Tertiary Gene Pools of Barley (Neele Wendler)....Pages 337-344 Barley Proteomics (Hans-Peter Mock, Christine Finnie, Katja Witzel, Birte Svensson)....Pages 345-361 Organellar Genomes in Barley (Hirokazu Handa)....Pages 363-376 Databases and Tools for the Analysis of the Barley Genome (Sebastian Beier, Daniel M. Bolser, Uwe Scholz, Manuel Spannagl, Paul J. Kersey)....Pages 377-394