(Compendium of Plant Genomes) 1st ed. 2020 Edition
by Nikolai V. Ivanov (Editor), Nicolas Sierro (Editor), Manuel C. Peitsch (Editor)
This book describes the history of tobacco genomics, from its
“discovery” by Europeans to next-generation omics approaches in plant
science. The authors primarily focus on the allotetraploid common
tobacco plant (N. tabacum); however, separate chapters are dedicated to
closely related Nicotiana species, such as N. benthamiana and N.
attenuata, for which substantial progress in omics data analysis has
been already achieved. While genetic maps, transcriptomes, and physical
maps of BAC libraries have significantly enhanced our understanding of
the tobacco plant, the genome of tobacco and related Nicotiana species
has opened a new era in modern tobacco research. This book addresses
current and future industrial and research applications as well as
central challenges in tobacco science, including diseases, low
variability of cultivars, the genome’s large size, polyploidy, and gene
duplication.
