Two volumes of Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement (GACI) have been
recently published by Springer. Volume 1, entitled "Genomics
Approaches and Platforms", presents state-of-the-art genomic
resources and platforms and also describes the strategies and
approaches for effectively exploiting genomics research for crop
improvement
(http://www.springer.com/east/home?SGWID=5-102-22-173739833-0 ).
Volume 2, entitled "Genomics Applications in Crops", presents a
number of case studies of important crop and plant species that
summarize both the achievements and limitations of genomics research
for crop improvement
(http://www.springer.com/dal/home?SGWID=1-102-22-173739832-0 ).
More than 90 authors, representing 16 countries from five continents
have contributed 16 chapters for Volume I and 18 chapters for Volume
II. Each article shows how structural and/or functional genomics can
improve our capacity to unveil and deploy natural and artificial
allelic variation for the benefit of plant breeders. Editors (Rajeev
Varshney, ICRISAT and Roberto Tuberosa, Uni Bologna) hope that these
two volumes, while providing new ideas and opportunities to those
working in crop breeding, will help graduate students and teachers to
develop a better understanding of the applications of crop genomics
to plant research and breeding. For details contact: Rajeev Varshney
(rkvarshney from cgiar.org).
