Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding: Biotic Stress is the first of two volumes looking at the latest advances in genomic applications to crop breeding. This volume focuses on genomic-assisted advances for improving economically important crops against biotic stressors, such as viruses, fungi, nematodes, and bacteria. Looking at key advances in crops such as rice, barley, wheat, and potato amongst others, Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding: Biotic Stress will be an essential reference for crop scientists, geneticists, breeders, industry personnel and advanced students in the field.

Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding: BioticStress is the first of two volumes looking atthe latest advances in genomic applications to crop breeding. Thisvolume focuses on genomic-assisted advances for improvingeconomically important crops against biotic stressors, such asviruses, fungi, nematodes, and bacteria. Looking at key advances incrops such as rice, barley, wheat, and potato amongst othersGenomic Applications for Crop Breeding: BioticStress will be an essential referencefor crop scientists, geneticists, breeders, industry personnel andadvanced students in the field.

Foreword viiPreface ixChapter 1 Translational Genomics in Crop Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance: An Introduction 1Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto TuberosaChapter 2 Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice 11Yanjun Kou and Shiping WangChapter 3 The Genetic Basis of Disease Resistance in Maize 31Tiffany Jamann, Rebecca Nelson, and Peter Balint-KurtiChapter 4 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat 45Hermann Buerstmayr, Maria Buerstmayr, Wolfgang Schweiger, and Barbara SteinerChapter 5 Virus Resistance in Barley 63Frank Ordon and Dragan PerovicChapter 6 Molecular Breeding for Striga Resistance in Sorghum 77Santosh P. Deshpande, Abdalla Mohamed, and Charles Thomas Hash, Jr.Chapter 7 Nematode Resistance in Soybean 95Tri D. Vuong, Yongqing Jiao, J. Grover Shannon, and Henry T. NguyenChapter 8 Marker-Assisted Selection for Biotic Stress Resistance in Peanut 125Mark D. Burow, Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli, Charles E. Simpson, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Ye Chu, Nicholas N. Denwar, Jennifer Chagoya, James L. Starr, M´arcio C. Moretzsohn, Manish K. Pandey, Rajeev K.Varshney, C. Corley Holbrook, and David J. BertioliChapter 9 Organization of Genes Conferring Resistance to Anthracnose in Common Bean 151Juan Jos´e Ferreira, Ana Campa, and James D. KellyChapter 10 Enabling Tools for Modern Breeding of Cowpea for Biotic Stress Resistance 183Bao-Lam Huynh, Jeffrey D. Ehlers, Timothy J. Close, Ndiaga Ciss´e, Issa Drabo, Ousmane Boukar, Mitchell R. Lucas, Steve Wanamaker, Marti Pottorff, and Philip A. RobertsChapter 11 Disease Resistance in Chickpea 201Teresa Mill´an, Eva Madrid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Mohamed Kharrat, and Weidong ChenChapter 12 Resistance to Late Blight in Potato 221Jadwiga ´ Sliwka and Ewa Zimnoch-GuzowskaChapter 13 Late Blight of Tomato 241Marcin Nowicki, El.zbieta U. Kozik, and Majid R. FooladChapter 14 Marker-Assisted Selection for Disease Resistance in Lettuce 267I. SimkoChapter 15 Marker-Assisted Breeding for Cassava Mosaic Disease Resistance 291E. Okogbenin, I. Moreno, J. Tomkins, C.M. Fauquet, G. Mkamilo, and M. FregeneChapter 16 Genetics and Gene Mapping of Disease Resistance in Brassica 327Genyi Li and Peter B.E. McVettyAppendix I - Contributors 345Appendix II - Reviewers 351Index 353