BookChristopher A. Cullis, editor.
Summary: Linum (flax) is a genus of about 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. The genus includes common flax, which is one of the best fibers to produce linen, the seeds to produce linseed oil and has health-related properties of flax in human and animal nutrition. This book describes the genetics and genomics of Linum including the development of extensive experimental resources (e.g. whole genome sequence, efficient transformation methods, insertional mutant collections, large germplasm collections, resequenced genomes) that have led much progress and its economic importance. The methods and use of Linum to address a wide range of applications (e.g. disease resistance, cell wall composition, abiotic stress tolerance, floral development, natural diversity) is also discussed.
Contents:
Table of Contents (DRAFT) Preface 1. Taxonomy and Natural History of Linum Possible Authors: Axel Diederichsen and/or Yong Bi Fu 2. The gene pool of Linum usitatissimum and immediate progenitor Linum bienne Possible Authors: Axel Diederichsen and/or Yong Bi Fu (Flax variety descriptors Possible authors: L. Maggioni and/or M. Pavelek) 3. Flax breeding and variety release Possible Authors: Scott Duguid & /or Helen Booker 4. The flax genome sequence: a core resource for flax genomics Possible Author: Michael Deyholos<5. The assembly of the flax genomes into chromosomes Authors: Frank You & Sylvie Cloutier 6. Comparisons between oil-seed and fiber flax genomes Author: C. Cullis 7. The Linum transcriptome Possible author: R Datla 8. Mapping resources
molecular markers, mapping populations Possible author: S. Cloutier 9. Flax transposable elements Possible author(s): L. Galindo and M Deyholos 10. Flax small RNAs Possible author(s): T.Y Moss and C. Cullis 11. Gene mutagenesis systems in the fatty acid pathway Possible Authors: Alan Green for fatty acid mutants 12. Gene mutagenesis systems and resources for the flax
TILLING, transposons Possible Authors: M. Deyholos 13. QTL mapping Possible Authors: S. Cloutier 14. Flax cell walls and fiber Possible Authors: N. Carpita or M. Deyholos/Luca Comai 15. Flax transformation Authors: N. Bastaki and C Cullis 16. Linum Bioinformatics Resources Author: Deyholos and Cloutier 17. Flax disease resistance genes Possible author: Jeff Ellis 18. Genomic and phenotypic responses of flax to stress Author: C. Cullis 19. Flax secondary products Author: Selvaraj 20. Flax cyclic peptides Author: Datla 21. Medicinal uses of flax Possible author: Stephanie P.B. Caligiuri Author: Datla 22. Transgenic flax and the Triffid affair Possible author: J. Smyth 22. Fundamental insights into plant biology that might be offered by Linum Author: C. Cullis Index.