The Cotton Genome - 9783031846045

The Cotton GenomeAuthor(s): Jinfa Zhang, Chittaranjan Kole, Yuxian Zhu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031846045, 978-3031846045\nSynopsis\nThe book includes 9 chapters on the current status of world cotton production, genetic diversity and genetic gain through breeding in cotton, introgression breeding to broaden the genetic diversity of cotton, development of genetic populations and molecular markers, molecular linkage mapping of major genes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and association mapping, molecular cloning of candidate genes for important traits, and molecular and genomics assisted breeding in cotton. This part also deliberates fundamentals and applications of genetic engineering including genome editing and genetically engineered commercial cotton, and mutagenesis for genomics studies.\n\nThe work further includes six chapters that presents deliberations on geno.