Genetic and Phenotypic Variation in Tree Crops Biodiversity

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Acer; agroforestry; amazon forest; anthocyanin; Aquifoliaceae; bark phenotype; bark scale; Biology, life sciences; Camellia sinensis; candidate gene; Castanopsis × kuchugouzhui; chlorophyll; chloroplast DNA sequence; chloroplast DNA sequences; chloroplast genome; codon usage; color mutation; comparative proteomics; conifer adaptation; conservation; conservation genetics; cpDNA; cultivated population; cytosine methylation; DNA C-value; domestication; endemic species; epimarker; EST-SSR markers; evergreen oak; fragmentation; gene expression; generalized value; genetic differentiation; genetic diversity; genetic structure; growth trait; Hainan Province; Ilex species; Inga edulis; Magnoliaceae; Mathematics and Science; Microbiology (non-medical); microsatellite; microsatellite markers; molecular identification; morphological traits; mutation mechanism; n/a; natural hybrid; natural regeneration; Norway spruce; nSSR; P. amygdaliformis; P. communis; P. pyrifolia; Paeonia rockii (flare tree peony) germplasm accessions; phenotypic plasticity; phenotypic selection; phenotypic traits; phylogenetics; phylogeny; pigment metabolism; plastid genome; population structure; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; resonance wood; RNA-seq; S-genotyping; S-locus; sect. Platanoidea; seed orchard; selection criteria; semi-domesticated population; sequence divergence; sonic tomography; SSR; stress response; structural variation; tree improvement; wood property
• ISBN: 3036506381; 9783036506395; 9783036506388; 303650639X
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-0639-5

Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of DNA-derived data and innovative phenotyping to obtain insights into the causative genes underlying traits of agronomical interest or to characterize tree genetic resources. The latter, in particular, could represent an important source of genetic diversity that can be readily used to enhance the adaptability to limiting environmental factors and resistance to biotic stresses or to promote novel genotypes with improved agronomic traits. On the whole, the studies collected in this book report on tree crop biodiversity characterization that could provide the essential building blocks to ensure future improvements in production and quality, as well as for innovations in tree crop development and utilization.