Model plants and crop improvement

Development and Application of Genomic Models for Large-Crop Plant Genomes, R.M.D. Koebner and R.K. VarshneyConserved Mechanisms of Dormancy and Germination as Targets for Manipulation of Agricultural Problems, M. Holdsworth, L. Bentsink, and M. KoornneefUtilization of Arabidopsis and Brassica Genomic Resources to Underpin Genetic Analysis and Improvement of Brassica Crops, G.J. KingCharacterization of the Completed Rice Genome Sequence and Scope of its Utilization in Cereal Improvement, B.A. Antonio and T. SasakiModel Legume Medicago Truncatula, H. Franssen and R. GeurtsBrachypodium distachy.

Development and application of genomic models for large-crop plant genomes / Robert M.D. Koebner and Rajeev K. Varshney -- Conserved mechanisms of dormancy and germination as targets for manipulation of agricultural problems / Michael Holdsworth, Leónie Bentsink, and Maarten Koornneef -- Utilization of Arabidopsis and Brassica genomic resources to underpin genetic analysis and improvement of Brassica crops / Graham J. King -- Characterization of the completed rice genome sequence and scope of its utilization in cereal improvement / Baltazar A. Antonio and Takuji Sasaki -- Model legume Medicago truncatula / Henk Franssen and René Geurts -- Brachypodium distachyon : a new model system for structural and functional analysis of grass genomes / David F. Garvin -- The green alga Chlamydomonas as a tool to study the nitrate assimilation pathway in plants / Aurora Galván [and others] -- Transcription factors regulating plant defense responses / Pierre R. Fobert -- Defense signaling and pathway interactions involved in rice disease resistance / Xiangjun Zhou, Tameka Bailey, and Yinong Yang -- Identification of heat-shock factor regulated genes and pathways / Friedrich Schöffl [and others] …