Next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics for plant science

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Current Books of Interest......Page 6
Editorial......Page 8
1 Status and Prospects of Next-generation Sequencing Technologies in Crop Plants • Tilak R. Sharma, Basavantraya N. Devanna, Kanti Kiran, Pankaj K. Singh, Kirti Arora, Priyanka Jain, Ila M. Tiwari, Himanshu Dubey, Banita K. Saklani, Mandeep Kumari, Jyoti Singh, Rajdeep Jaswal, Ritu Kapoor, Deepak V. Pawar, Shruti Sinha, Deepak S. Bisht, Amolkumar U. Solanke and Tapan K. Mondal......Page 10
2 Next-generation Sequencing Promoted the Release of Reference Genomes and Discovered Genome Evolution in Cereal Crops • Yong Huang†, Haiyang Liu and Yongzhong Xing......Page 46
3 Advanced Applications of Next-generation Sequencing Technologies to Orchid Biology • Chuan-Ming Yeh, Zhong-Jian Liu and Wen-Chieh Tsa......Page 60
4 Bioinformatics Resources for Plant Genomics: Opportunities and Bottlenecks in the -omics Era • Luca Ambrosino†, Chiara Colantuono, Francesco Monticolo and Maria Luisa Chiusano......Page 80
5 Applications of Bioinformatics to Plant Biotechnology • Diego F. Gomez-Casati, María V. Busi, Julieta Barchiesi, Diego A. Peralta, Nicolás Hedin and Vijai Bhadauria......Page 98
6 Quantitative Genetics of Disease • Resistance in Wheat • Vijai Bhadauria and Lucia Popescu......Page 114
7 A Rice Genetic Improvement Boom by Next-generation Sequencing • Xiangchun Zhou, Xufeng Bai and Yongzhong Xing......Page 118
8 Dual RNA-seq to Elucidate the Plant– Pathogen Duel • Sanushka Naidoo, Erik Andrei Visser, Lizahn Zwart, Yves du Toit, Vijai Bhadauria and Louise Simone Shuey......Page 136
9 Next-generation Sequencing Sheds New Light on Small RNAs in Plant Reproductive Development • Xiaobai Li......Page 152
10 ChIP-seq: A Powerful Tool for Studying Protein–DNA Interactions in Plants • Xifeng Chen, Vijai Bhadauria and Bojun Ma......Page 180
11 Cataloguing Plant Genome Structural Variations • Xingtan Zhang, Xuequn Chen, Pingping Liang and Haibao Tang......Page 190