Genetics and Genomics of the Triticeae

Catherine Feuillet is research director and leader of the group "Structure, function and evolution of the wheat genomes" at the INRA, Clermont-Ferrand (France). She was educated as a geneticist and molecular biologist and worked for 10 years in Switzerland on the genomics of disease resistance in wheat and barley before moving to France. She is one of the co-chairs of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI), and the European Triticeae Genomics Initiative (ETGI). Gary J. Muehlbauer is an Associate Professor and Endowed Chair in Molecular Genetics of Crop Improvement in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota. He studied maize genetics during his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and his postdoctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley. He has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota for eleven years working on barley and wheat genomics. He is the vice chair of the International Barley Sequencing Consortium.

• Genetics of the Triticeae.- Scientific Names in the Triticeae.- Triticeae Genetic Resources in ex situ Genebank Collections.- Domestication of the Triticeae in the Fertile Crescent.- Cytogenetic Analysis of Wheat and Rye Genomes.- Applying Cytogenetics and Genomics to Wide Hybridisations in the Genus Hordeum.- Methods for Genetic Analysis in the Triticeae.- Genetic Mapping in the Triticeae.- Early Stages of Meiosis in Wheat- and the Role of Ph1.- Tools, Resources and Approaches.- A Toolbox for Triticeae Genomics.- Chromosome Genomics in the Triticeae.- Physical Mapping in the Triticeae.- Map-Based Cloning of Genes in Triticeae (Wheat and Barley).- Functional Validation in the Triticeae.- Genomics of Transposable Elements in the Triticeae.- Gene and Repetitive Sequence Annotation in the Triticeae.- Brachypodium distachyon, a New Model for the Triticeae.- Comparative Genomics in the Triticeae.- Genetics and Genomics of Triticeae Biology.- Genomics of Tolerance to Abiotic Stress in the Triticeae.- Genomics of Biotic Interactions in the Triticeae.- Developmental and Reproductive Traits in the Triticeae.- Genomics of Quality Traits.- Early messages.- Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping in the Triticeae.- Triticeae Genome Structure and Evolution.- Wheat and Barley Genome Sequencing.

From the reviews: "Describe the latest advances in genetics and genomics of the economically important Triticeae tribe ... . This is a very timely text that will be of great interest and value to both graduate students and postgraduates ... . I would also strongly recommend this text to researchers entering the field attracted by the new opportunities that are emerging in these important species. I believe this book will serve as a go-to reference for the coming years to those working on Triticeae genetics and genomics." (Cristobal Uauy, Annals of Botany, Vol. 108 (5), October, 2011)