TY - BOOK ID - 7913669 TI - The Kiwifruit Genome AU - Testolin, Raffaele. AU - Huang, Hong-Wen. AU - Ferguson, Allan Ross. PY - 2016 SN - 3319322729 3319322745 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Plant genetics. KW - Plant breeding. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Plant Genetics & Genomics. KW - Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. KW - Kiwifruit. KW - Actinidia chinensis KW - Chinese gooseberry KW - Gooseberry, Chinese KW - Gooseberry, Ichang KW - Ichang gooseberry KW - Kiwi berry KW - Kiwi fruit KW - Monkey peach KW - Peach, Monkey KW - Peach, Sheep KW - Peach, Strawberry KW - Sheep peach KW - Strawberry peach KW - Yang tao KW - Yangtao KW - Actinidia KW - Plant Genetics and Genomics. KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Crops KW - Agriculture KW - Breeding KW - Plants KW - Genetics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7913669 AB - This book describes the basic botanical features of kiwifruit and its wild relatives, reports on the steps that led to its genome sequencing, and discusses the results obtained with the assembly and annotation. The core chapters provide essential insights into the main gene families that characterize this species as a crop, including the genes controlling sugar and starch metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and degradation, the ascorbic-acid pathway, fruit softening and postharvest metabolism, allergens, and resistance to pests and diseases. The book offers a valuable reference guide for taxonomists, geneticists and horticulturists. Further, since information gained from the genome sequence is extraordinarily useful in assessing the breeding value of individuals based on whole-genome scans, it will especially benefit plant breeders. Accordingly, chapters are included that focus on gene introgression from wild relatives and genome-based breeding. ER -