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.

C. Neal Stewart is Racheff Chair of Excellence in Plant Molecular Genetics and Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee.

Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Why Should Weed Scientists Care About Genomics?	p. 3
Genomics To A Weed Scientist	p. 3
Resistance	p. 4
Better Use Of Existing Herbicides	p. 8
An Introduction To Molecular Genetic And Genomic Techniques	p. 11
Weeds As A Source Of Genes For Crop Improvement	p. 11
Tools And Approaches For Understanding Weediness At The Molecular Level	p. 12
Arabidopis Is Not A Weed, And Mostly Not A Good Model For Weed Genomics; There Is No Good Model For Weed Genomics	p. 25
Introduction: Arabidopis And Weediness	p. 25
Questions About Weeds-Can Arabidopis Genomics Answer Them?	p. 27
The Misdirected Approach In Using Arabidopis To Elucidate New Herbicide Targets	p. 28
Arabidopis Genomics Can Help In Dealing With Transgene Flow-In A Limited Manner	p. 29
Lessons To Be Learned	p. 30
Model Weeds For Genomics Research	p. 33
What Makes A Good Model Species?	p. 34
Leveraging From Other Models	p. 36
Genomics Tolls For Weeds That Are Under Development	p. 44
21st-Century Weed Science: A Call For Amaranthus Genomics	p. 53
The Amaranthus Genus	p. 53
Hybridization And Adaptive Evolution	p. 61
Herbicide Resistance	p. 64
Currently Available Genomic resources	p. 71
Needs And Oppurtunities	p. 75
Evolutionary Genomics Of Weedy Rice	p. 83
Phenotypic Diversity Of Weedy Rice	p. 84
Genomic Diversity Of Weedy Rice	p. 85
The Origin(s) And Evolution Of Weedy Rice	p. 89
The Genetic Basis Of Weediness And Use Of Weedy Rice In Crop Breeding	p. 94
Rhizomatousness: Genes Important For A Weediness Syndrome	p. 99
Developmental Context	p. 100
An Exemplary Case: Johnsongrass	p. 101
Dissecting The Genetic Control Of Rhizomatousness	p. 103
Early Insights Into The Sorghum Rhizo-Transcriptome	p. 105
Future Work And Potential Applications	p. 107
Synthesis	p. 109
Leafy Spurge: An Emerging Model To Stdy Traits Of Perennial Weeds	p. 113
Regulation Of Shoot Development And Growth	p. 113
Regulation Of Bud Dormancy	p. 116
Case Study: Leafy Spurge	p. 117
Future Work	p. 122
Herbicide Resistance: Target Site Mutations	p. 127
Resistance To Photosystem II-Inhibiting Herbicides	p. 128
Resistance To Acetohydroxyacid Synthase-Inhibiting Herbicides	p. 131
Resistance To Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase-Inhibiting Herbicides	p. 136
Resistance To Glyphosate	p. 138
Resistance To Microtubule Assembly Inhibitors	p. 140
Resistance To Phytoene Desaturase Inhibitors	p. 141
Molecular and Genomic Mechanisms Of Non-Target-Site Herbicide Resistance	p. 149
Herbicide Application And Resistance	p. 149
Herbicide Classification And Resistance	p. 150
Non-Target Herbicide Resistance	p. 150
Signal Tansduction	p. 150
Detoxification and Modification	p. 151
A Herbicide Defense Trait That Is Distinct From Resistance: The Evolutionary Ecology And Genomics Of Herbicide Tolerance	p. 163
Resistance Versus Tolerance In Weed Science	p. 163
Tolerance In Evolutionary Ecology	p. 166
Tolerance Traits And The Genomics Of Tolerance	p. 171
Why Again Should We Focus On Tolerance, Tolerance Traits, And The Genomics Of Tolerance?	p. 172
The Genomics of Plant Invasion: A Case Study In Spotted Knapweed	p. 177
Why Study Invasive Plant Genomics?	p. 177
Spotted Knapweed Life History	p. 178
Allelopathy And The Novel Weapons Hypothesis	p. 180
Genomics Resources And Approaches For Studying Spotted Knapweed	p. 185
Molecular Ecology Of Plant Competition	p. 197
Competition Signals And Their Perception By Plants	p. 198
Molecular Basis Of Competitively Important Traits	p. 207
Transcriptomic Insights Into Competitively Interactions Of Weedy Plants	p. 211
Genomics And Weeds: A Synthesis	p. 221
From Fundamental Information To Practical Solutions	p. 222
Where Do We Go From Here?	p. 241
Index	p. 249
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