Books and Book Chapters

      Characterizing the Genome of Nicotiana tabacum

      Battey, J. N. D.; Sierro, N.; Ivanov, N. V.

      Date published
      Mar 17, 2020
      DOI
      10.1007/978-3-030-29493-9_4
      ISBN
      978-3-030-29493-9
      Published in
      The Tobacco Plant Genome
      Editors
      Ivanov, N. V.; Sierro, N.; Peitsch, M. C.
      Topic
      Summary

      The tobacco plant is an important crop and model organism, and there is a widespread interest in improving its agronomical properties. Unraveling its genome is necessary for understanding and predicting its biological properties and to ultimately contribute to breeding or engineering efforts for creating new varieties. Here, we discuss the key motivations behind the sequencing of its genome and the current state of genome sequencing efforts, as well as how it has been put to use. We finally speculate on what genomic trends relating to tobacco may be of interest in the near future.