The Medicago truncatula Genome [E-Book]

Chapter 1. The Model Legume, Medicago truncatula in the Genomic Era: Speeding Up Discoveries in Legume Biology -- Chapter 2. Genome-Wide Association Studies in Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 3. Tnt1 Insertional Mutagenesis In Medicago truncatula for Gene Function Analysis -- Chapter 4. Fast Neutron Bombardment (FNB)-Induced Mutant Resources in Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 5. Medicago Truncatula as s Model to Decipher Powdery Mildew Resistance in Legumes -- Chapter 6. Transcriptional Networks in Medicago truncatula: Genomic and Functional Overview During Root Nodule Symbiosis -- Chapter 7. Understanding of Root Nodule Development at Level of Systems Biology as Obtained by High Throughput Transcriptomic Approach -- Chapter 8. Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a Medicago truncatula Tnt1 Insertion Mutant in the VIT8 Gene that is Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation -- Chapter 9. Regulation of Leaf Blade Outgrowth: In Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 10. Function of Medicago truncatula WOX Genes and their Diversity -- Chapter 11. Early Stages of Seed Development In Medicago truncatula: Lessons from Genomic Studies -- Chapter 12. Seed Maturation Events in Medicago truncatula: Focus on Desiccation Tolerance -- Chapter 13. Functional Genomic and Genetic Studies of Organ Size Control in Medicago truncatula: An Overview.

This book focuses on the discoveries in M. truncatula genomic research which has been undertaken in the last two decades. Legumes are important for their economic values as food, feed, and fodder and also serve as the pillar of sustainable agriculture because of its biological nitrogen fixation capacity. Medicago truncatula was established as a model legume in the 1990s and has been well adopted as a model internationally since then. M. truncatula is an autogamous, diploid (2n = 16) species with a short generation time, and relatively small genome size (~375 Mbp). The M. truncatula genome was initially sequenced by the International Medicago Genome Annotation Group (IMGAG) in 2011 and has been well-annotated. M. truncatula research benefits from the availability of several genetic and genomic tools, such as gene expression atlas (MtGEA), insertion and neutron bombardment mutantpopulations, and a HapMap panel containing 384 sequenced inbred lines for genome-wide association studies. This book covers the current status and latest advancements of the M. truncatula genomics and transcriptomics resources along with a glimpse of newly developed tools that makes M. truncatula a front runner model in functional genomic studies.