Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf
This book includes papers from plenary lectures and selected oral presentations of the 5th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. A wide variety of themes are addressed in a collection that provides authoritative reports on
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Toshihiko Yamada • German Spangenberg Editors
Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf The Proceedings of the 5 th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf
Editors Prof. Toshihiko Yamada Hokkaido University Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere Kita 11, Nishi 10 Kita-ku Sapporo 060-0811 Japan
Prof. German Spangenberg Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre Dept. Primary Industries La Trobe R&D Park 1 Park Drive Bundoora, VIC 3083 Australia
ISBN: 978-0-387-79143-2 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-79144-9 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79144-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008932631 © 2009 Springer Science + Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper springer.com
Preface
Grassland produces feed for livestock, maintains soil fertility, protects and conserves soil and water resources, creates a habitat for wildlife, and provides recreational spaces for sports and leisure while simultaneously maintaining sustainable economic outputs. Turf species similarly contribute considerably to our environment by adding beauty to surroundings, providing a safe playing surface for sports and recreation, and preventing erosion. In addition to food and environment, bio-energy is a global concern related to these species. Renewable biomass energy is increasingly being accepted as a possible alternative to fossil fuels and some forages are promising for energy crops. Breeding programs in forages have produced improvements in both forage yield and quality. Forage and turf in the future must utilize resources (nutrients and water) more efficiently and must also confer measurable benefits in terms of environmental quality and renewable energy. With a widening range of traits, techniques for more accurate, rapid and noninvasive phenotyping and genotyping become increasingly important. The large amounts of data involved require good bioinfomatics support. Data of various kinds must be integrated from an increasingly wide range of sources such as genetic resources and mapping information for plant populations through to the transcriptome and metabolome of individual tissues. The merging of data from disparate sources and multivariate data-mining across datasets can reveal novel information concerning the biology of complex. Previous International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf (MBFT)
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