Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Cool Season Grain Legumes

Cool season grain legumes including pea, faba bean, lentil, chickpea and grass pea are extensively grown in many parts of the world. They are a primary source of proteins in human diet. This volume deals with the most recent advances on genetics, genomics and breeding of these crops. The "state of the art" for the individual crops differs; however, their phylogenetic proximity justifies the utility of the knowledge available in one crop for speeding up researches and improvement in other crops. The first five chapters are devoted individually to the five crops followed by four chapters presenting comprehensive reviews on recent advances in the fields of functional genomics, comparative genomics, proteomics and metabolomics and transgenesis and three general chapters on nitrogen fixation, broomrapes and future prospects. This book contains information useful not only to the scientists and scholars working on the cool season grain legumes but also to those working on other legume species.

Pea, Diego Rubiales, Michael J. Ambrose, Claire Domoney and Judith BurstinFaba Bean, Ana M. Torres, Carmen M. Avila, Fred L. Stoddard and Jose I. CuberoLentil, Marcelino Pérez de la Vega, Richard M. Fratini and Fred J. MuehlbauerGrass Pea, Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Colin David Hanbury, Marijke Van Moorhem, Fernand Lambein, Sergio Ochatt and Diego RubialesChickpea, Josefa Rubio, Juan Gil, Maria José Cobos and Teresa MillánFunctional Genomics. Transcriptomics for Legumes, Background, Tools and Insights, Günter Kahl, Carlos Molina and Peter WinterSynteny and Comparative Genomics between Model and Cool Season Grain Legumes, Péter Kaló, Hong-Kyu Choi, Noel Ellis and György B. KissProteomics and Metabolomics for Systems Biology in Legumes, Stefanie WienkoopTransgenesis, María Luisa Ruiz and Francisca VaqueroNitrogen Fixation in Legumes, José Olivares, María J. Soto, Cesar Arrese-Igor and Juan SanjuánBroomrape (Orobanche spp.), Belén Román, José Vicente Die, Salvador Nadal and Clara Isabel González-VerdejoFuture Prospects, José I. Cubero, Ana M. Torres and Marcelino Pérez de la Vega