The Model Legume Medicago Truncatula, 2 Volume Set (Hardcover)

Explanation of the flow of Chapters.

The first Chapter will be an Introduction to the Book by the Editor, giving the background to the field, and its aims. Section 2 will contain two general reviews on the History, Evolution and Agronomic use of M. truncatula, and the second one on the Use of M. truncatula as a Legume Model System.  Section 3 will cover basic aspects of M. truncatula seed development, root development, leaf development and flower development. Section 4 will discuss the biosynthesis of natural products by M. truncatula. Section 5 will cover the responses of M. truncatula to abiotic and biotic stresses, such as salt and drought stress, root pathogens (such as Aphanomyces), aphids, pathogenic bacteria, and other pathogens (such as  Orobanche crenata, rust pathogens and wilt).  Section 6 will introduce the M. truncatula-S. rhizobium symbiosis and biological nitrogen fixation in legumes, followed by signalling and early infection events.  Section 7 will address the symbiosis between M. truncatula and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, followed by signalling and infection events.  Section 8 will introduce the common signalling pathway (CSSP or SYM) between rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal infections.  Section 9 will cover the role of hormones in both type of symbioses.  Section 10 will address the phenomenon of Autoregulation Of Nodule numbers in M. truncatula (AON). Section 11 will discuss late infection events in the Rhizobium-Legume symbiosis, including infection thread development, bacterial release, formation of symbiosomes and bacteroids and the role of Nodule-specific Cysteine-Rich  (NCR) peptides, as well as bacteroid functioning, bacteroid senescence and the structure of indeterminate M. truncatula nodules. Section 12 will cover transposons, gene instability and gene tagging in M. truncatula. Section 13 introduces the genetics of M. truncatula with a sequence-based genetic map of M. truncatula and Quantitative Trait Loci mapping (QTL) in this organism, as well as Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS).  Section 14 addresses the Genomics of M. truncatula, including the Genome Sequence of M. truncatula, genome Evolution, translational genomics, small RNA’s in M. truncatula, Genomic and Genetic Markers in M. truncatula, Mutagenesis, forward and reverse Genetics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Phosphoproteomics, as well as Metabolomics in M. truncatula.  This section ends with a listing of Databases and Computer Programs useful for M. truncatula. Section 15 briefly deals with M. truncatula transformation.  Section 16 (Appendix) proposes guidelines for genetic nomenclature and community governance for M. truncatula.