Weedy and Invasive Plant Genomics

by C. Neal Stewart (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. )

• ISBN13: 9780813805481
• ISBN10: 0813805481
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Weedy and Invasive Plant Genomics offers a comprehensive, up-to-date reference on genetic and genomics research in weedy and invasive plants. Forward-looking in its approach, the work also assesses the areas of future research necessary to defeat these agricultural pests. This research-based, scholarly work engenders a further understanding of weeds and invasive plants, opening avenues for developing more effective methods of managing them. This volume will be a necessary reference for weed scientists, agrochemical industry researchers, conservation geneticist, and plant biologists.

Table of Contents

Weeds

Why should weed scientists care about genomics?

Weedy genomics: know thine enemy

Arabidopsis in not a weed

Weedy model species

Amaranthus genomics: how a wild plant went weedy

Evolutionary genomics of weedy rice

Rhizomatousness: genes important for a weedy syndrome

Perennial traits for weediness: Leafy spurge transcriptomics

Herbicide resistance: target site genes

Herbicide resistance: non-target site gene families

Invasives

Why should invasives scientists care about genomics?

Invasive plants as models for evolutionary genomics

Genomics of allelopathy in knapweed

Understanding competition between endogenous plants and exotic invaders at the genomic level

Potentially two or more other chapters on invasive plant molecular genetics

Synopsis

Genomics, weeds, and invasives: a synthesis

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