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. Ed(S): Gerats, Tom; Strommer, Judy - Petunia: Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics - 9780387847955 - V9780387847955
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Petunia: Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics

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Description for Petunia: Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics hardcover. This is the first comprehensive reference on petunia to provide an overview of the fundamentals as well as the latest research. Chapters present the historical setting of the subject, the comparison with other systems and the unique progress made. Editor(s): Gerats, Tom; Strommer, Judy. Num Pages: 445 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSTD; PSTL; PSTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 914.

Petunia belongs to the family of the Solanaceae and as such is closely related to important crop species like tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper and tobacco. With around 35 species described it is one of the smaller genera and among those there are two groups of species that make up the majority of them: the purple flowered P.integrifolia group and the white flowered P.axillaris group. It is assumed that interspecific hybrids between members of these two groups have laid the foundation for the huge variation in cultivars as selected from the 1830’s onwards.

Petunia thus has been a commercially important ... Read more

At present the system is gaining credibility for a number of reasons, a very important one being that it is now generally realized that only comparative biology will reveal the real roots of evolutionary development of processes like pollination syndromes, floral development, scent emission, seed survival strategies and the like.

As a system to work with, Petunia combines advantages from several other model species: it is easy to grow, sets abundant seeds,while self- and cross pollination is easy; its lifecycle is four months from seed to seed; plants can be grown very densely, in 1 cm2 plugs and can be rescued easily upon flowering, which makes even huge selection plots easy to handle. Its flowers (and indeed leaves) are relatively large and thus obtaining biochemical samples is no problem. Moreover, transformation and regeneration from leaf disc or protoplast are long established and easy-to-perform procedures. On top of this easiness in culture, Petunia harbors an endogenous, very active transposable element system, which is being used to great advantage in both forward and reverse genetics screens.

The virtues of Petunia as a model system have only partly been highlighted. In a first monograph, edited by K. Sink and published in 1984, the emphasis was mainly on taxonomy, morphology, classical and biochemical genetics, cytogenetics, physiology and a number of topical subjects. At that time, little molecular data was available. Taking into account that that first monograph will be offered electronically as a supplement in this upcoming edition, we would like to put the overall emphasis for the second edition on molecular developments and on comparative issues.

To this end we propose the underneath set up, where chapters will be brief and topical. Each chapter will present the historical setting of its subject, the comparison with other systems (if available) and the unique progress as made in Petunia. We expect that the second edition of the Petunia monograph will draw a broad readership both in academia and industry and hope that it will contribute to a further expansion in research on this wonderful Solanaceae.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
Number of Pages
445
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387847955
SKU
V9780387847955
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Reviews for Petunia: Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics
From the reviews of the second edition: “The book consists of a collection of chapters written for a scientific audience that highlight various aspects of Petunia genetics. … this book is more than an update of recent research activities in the style of ‘what's new’ since many chapters provide very appreciated historical reviews of the particular field of research. ... Read more

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