Understand the impact of genetics, genomics, and breeding on the future of this globally important crop The Lentil Genome is a comprehensive volume providing information on this important legume from, its economic importance to the latest in sequencing. It includes botanical descriptions, a discussion of lentil genetics, cytogenetics and breeding, molecular mapping genes and QTLs, as well as structural and functional genomics, genome sequencing, assembly, repetitive genome, gene annotation, and synteny. Lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus) is among the earliest domesticates from the Near-East Fertile Crescent. Being a high-value crop, lentil plays a vital role in nutritional well-being as well as in generating livelihood for the small-scale farmers in the dryland agricultural ecosystems of South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, and North Africa. The classical plant breeding approach of selection-recombination-selection has been used successfully for genetic improvement in lentil. However, further genetic improvement for developing high-yielding cultivars requires knowledge of gene networks underlying the complex traits. The Lentil Genome serves the immediate needs of students, scientists, and professors and is a valuable resource in strengthening conventional crop improvement strategies of lentil.

Focuses on the latest tools and strategies for genetics, genomics, and breeding, Includes discussion of public and private genome sequencing and how this information is leading to advancements, Highlights the impact of germplasm characterization and gene discovery on genetic improvement in the post-genome era, Presents insights from leading experts from around the globe.