The Poplar Genome, 1st ed. 2024 Compendium of Plant Genomes Series

This book is the first comprehensive compilation of research on state?of?the-art genomics on the most advanced model tree species including genome assemblies, insights into genomic structural features and methylation patterns, whole?genome resources used for population genomics and adaptation to climate, enabled breeding vs. classical genetics and traditional breeding, comparative genomics, and elucidations on functional genomics. The latest developments in the genomics of wood formation are particularly highlighted. Altogether, the book contains over 300 pages in over 15 chapters authored by globally reputed experts in the relevant fields of this tree crop?s genomics research. This book is useful for students, teachers, and scientists in academia and governmental or private tree improvement agencies or companies interested in genetics, pathology, entomology, physiology, molecular genetics and breeding, in vitro culture and genetic engineering, land restoration, and agroforestry solutions.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Ilga Porth (Université Laval), Jaroslav Klápště (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd.), Athena McKown (The University of British Columbia)

Chapter 2. Genomics resources for functional genomics in poplars: Malcolm Campbell, Nicholas J. Provart (University of Toronto), Raju Soolanayakanahally (Agriculture and AgriFood Canada), Nathaniel Street? (Umeå Plant Science Centre) 

Chapter 3. The poplar Pangenome: Gerald Tuskan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Steve DiFazio (West Virginia University)

Chapter 4. Epigenomics in poplar: Katharina Brӓutigam (University of Toronto), Raju Soolanayakanahally (Agriculture and AgriFood Canada)

Chapter 5. Chromosomal rearrangements and 3D organization of the poplar genome: TBD

Chapter 6. Sex-based identity in poplars: Matthias Fladung, Niels Müller (Thünen institute), Katharina Brӓutigam (University of Toronto), Athena McKown (The University of British Columbia), Quentin Cronk (The University of British Columbia), Roosje Goessen? Ilga Porth? (Université Laval)

Chapter 7. Phylogenomics, comparative genomics, interspecific hybridization in poplar: Quentin Cronk (The University of British Columbia), Berthold Heinze, Marcela van Loo (Austrian Research Centre for Forests), Adriana Suarez‐Gonzalez (10x Genomics; The University of British Columbia)

Chapter 8. Genomics of Chinese poplars: Jian-Feng Mao (Beijing Forestry University)

Chapter 9. Genomic landscape of adaptation in European poplars: Pӓr K Ingvarsson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

Chapter 10. Genomic landscape of adaptation in North American poplars: Athena McKown (The University of British Columbia), Nathalie Isabel (Canadian Forest Service)

Dr. Ilga Porth  is a well‐experienced research scientist with research achievements in forest tree genomics, functional genomics and genetics fields. Her research findings were published in around 80 peer‐reviewed articles and in plant sciences’ top‐ranked journals such as New Phytologist, Plant Physiology, Tree Physiology, Nature Communications, Science or Molecular Ecology. She is also the editor of The Spruce Genome with Springer. She obtained her M.Sc. in Biochemistry, and her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Vienna. She worked at The University of British Columbia as a Research Associate in spruce and poplar functional genomics. She is currently an Associate Professor in Functional Genomics at the Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Université Laval, in Québec, and a Principal Investigator at the Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes.

Presents first-hand expert comprehensive information on the genomics of poplar

Includes the most promising genomic methods in poplar tree improvement programs

Enumerates on the genomic underpinnings of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in poplar