Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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 transcri
ptome
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
Synopsis
Analyzes novel genetic characteristics in flax which have important implications for improvement of crop plants
Includes a complete assembled genome sequence and its transcriptome
Provides insight into the issues surrounding transgenic flax with important conclusions regarding acceptability
Evaluates health benefits of this plant for humans and as animal feed