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ABOUT THE BOOK

Exploring plant genetic resources is crucial in a time when food security has been a critical topic worldwide due to crop shortages and the impact of climate change.

This new book, Plant Genetic Resources for the 21st Century: The OMICS Era, presents the practical advancements in genomics, epigenetics, metabolomics, and phenomics from the point of view of researchers and scientists working in the field of genebanks, genetics resources, and germplasm for enabling plant breeding and adaptation to a changing climate. The book highlights the importance of genebanks as centers of innovation for crop and forage improvement and discusses database solutions for genebanks and germplasm collections.

The book first looks at plant genetic resources and their values and goes on to investigate several genomic technologies for plant improvement, conservation, and better adaptation to changing climates. Major crops such as wheat and barley are discussed with genomic approaches for diversity and resilience to drought and other adverse conditions. Other omics techniques discussed include phenomics for the improvement of crop adaptation, metabolomics research for germplasm improvement and adaptation, and more.

This volume will be valuable for researchers who are presently working in or with genebanks and genetic resources, primarily for trait or allele discovery and germplasm improvement. Most chapters in the book can also be used as teaching material at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Marie Haga, International Fund for Agricultural Development, and Stefan Schmitz, The Crop Trust (Global Crop Diversity Trust)

PART I: CONFRONTING THE GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CROP AND PASTURE PLANT SPECIES

1. Plant Genetic Resources and Their Values

Kioumars Ghamkhar

2. Evolving Research Themes in Plant Genetic Resources

Anthony H. D. Brown

PART II: OMICS TECHNOLOGIES FOR GENEBANKING

3. Omics Technologies for Genetic Resources: Review and Prospects

Kioumars Ghamkhar and Christopher M. Richards

4. Genomics for Germplasm Improvement and Adaptation

Kioumars Ghamkhar and Christopher M. Richards

5. Genomic Approaches to Using Diversity for the Adaptation of Modern Varieties of Wheat and Barley to Climate Change

Kerstin Neumann, Albert W. Schulthess, Filippo M. Bassi, Sidram Dhanagond, Elena Khlestkina, Andreas Börner, Andreas Graner, and Benjamin Kilian

6. Incorporating Genomics Research with Genebank Operations

Kioumars Ghamkhar

7. Advances in Metabolomics Research for Germplasm Improvement and Adaptation

Warren M. Williams and Kioumars Ghamkhar

8. Phenomics for the Improvement of Crop Adaptation

Kioumars Ghamkhar

PART III: GENEBANKS AS CENTERS OF INNOVATION FOR CROP AND FORAGE IMPROVEMENT

9. Neglected or Orphan Species

Kioumars Ghamkhar

10. Climate Change and Adaptation: Planning Future Germplasm Collections

Kioumars Ghamkhar

11. Synteny between Homologous Loci among Evolutionarily Related Species: The Case of Forage Legumes

Kioumars Ghamkhar

12. Epigenetics, Plant Genetic Resources, and Their Management

Warren M. Williams

13. The Development of Core Collections and Their Role in Association Mapping

Kioumars Ghamkhar and Anthony H. D. Brown

14. Germplasm Enhancement and Genebanks

Warren M. Williams

15. Drought, Omics, and Genetic Resources

Shirley N. Nichols and Kioumars Ghamkhar

16. Database Solutions for Genebanks and Germplasm Collections

Paul D. Shaw, Stephan Weise, Matija Obreza, Sebastian Raubach, Susan Mccouch, Benjamin Kilian, and Peter Werner