Ch.1: A reference rice genome sequence in the 10K genome era
Takeshi Itoh, Baltazar A. Antonio, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroaki Sakai, Takashi Matsumoto, Takuji Sasaki
Ch. 2: The Wild Relative of Rice - Genomes and Genomics
Paul L. Sanchez, Rod A. Wing, Darshan Brar
Ch. 3: Natural variation and sequencing-based genetics studies in rice
Xuehui Huang, Bin Han
Ch. 4: Genome mapping, markers and QTLs
Bi Wu, Zhongmin Han, Yongzhong Xing
Ch. 5: Transposable element dynamics in rice and its wild relatives
Ning Jiang, Olivier Panaud
Ch. 6: Molecular cytogenetics of rice and its wild relatives
Aiko Iwata, Dongying Gao, Nobuko Ohmido, Scott Jackson
Ch. 7: Mutant resources for functional analysis of the rice genome
Gaëtan Droc, Gynheung An, Changyin Wu, Yue-ie C. Hsing, Hirohiko Hirochika, Andy Pereira, Venkatesan Sundaresan, Chang-Deok Han, Narayana Upadhyaya, Srinivasan Ramachandran, Luca Comai, Hei Leung, and Emmanuel Guiderdoni
Ch. 8: Transcriptome profiling in rice
Lei Li and Xing Wang Deng
Ch. 9: Epigenomics of rice
Dao-Xiu Zhou, Yongfeng Hu, Yu Zhao
Ch. 10: Non-coding regulatory RNAs
Xianwei Song, Xiuying Liu, Xiaofeng Cao, and Xiu-jie Wang
Ch. 11: Disease resistance
Hongjing Li and Shiping Wang
Ch. 12: Insect Resistance
Guangcun He, Bo Du, Rongzhi Chen
Ch. 13: Abiotic stress resistance
Lizhong Xiong
Ch. 14: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Uptake and Utilization
Ping Wu, Guohua Xu, Xinming Lian
Ch. 15: Yield
Mayuko Ikeda, Hidemi Kitano and Makoto Matsuoka
Ch. 16: Understanding Genetic Molecular Basis of Rice Grain Quality
Yanchun Yu, Rod A. Wing, Jiayang Li
Ch. 17: Advances in the Understanding of Genetic and Molecular Basis of Heterosis in Rice
Dan Zhu and Qifa Zhang
Ch. 18: Flowering
Hiroyuki Tsuji and Ko Shimamoto
Ch. 19: Panicle Development
Dabing Zhang, Zheng Yuan, Gynheung An, Ludovico Dreni, Jianping Hu, Martin M. Kater
Ch. 20: Root Development
Jian Xu and Jing Han Hong
Ch. 21: Reproductive isolation between indica and japonica subspecies
Yidan Ouyang
Ch. 22: Genomics-based breeding technology
Fasong Zhou, Hang He, Haodong Chen, Huihui Yu, Mathias Lorieux, Yuqing He
Ch. 23: Utilization of Exotic Germplasm
Zhi-Kang Li and Tian-Qing Zheng
Ch. 24: Transformation and transgenic breeding
Hao Chen, Yongjun Lin
About the Author: Qifa Zhang, PhD
Huazhong Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Wuhan, China
Rod A. Wing, PhD
University of Arizona, Arizona Genomics Institute, The School of Plant Sciences, Tucson, AZ, USA