Rugini E., Baldoni L., Muleo R., Sebastiani L. (Eds.) The Olive Tree Genome

Springer International Publishing AG, 2016. — 202 p. — (Compendium of Plant Genomes). — ISBN: 9783319488868.Olive (Olea europaea L., subsp. europaea, var. europaea), a multifunctional long-living tree crop, is relevant not only for table olive and oil production, but also for shaping and protecting the landscape and for its impact on human nutrition and rural lifestyle.
It is usually accepted that olive has been primarily domesticated in the Levant. Then, three main clusters of the var. europaea inside the primary gene pools have been identified for the cultivated olive in Eastern, Central, and Western Mediterranean. These centers of diversity likely reflect crop diversification from East to West, but could also result from independent domestications.Origin and Domestication.
Olive Biology.
Olive Genetic Resources.
Olive Growing in a Time of Change: From Empiricism to Genomics.
Genetic Mapping and Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci.
Host Response to Biotic Stresses.
Metabolomics of Olive Fruit: A Focus on the Secondary Metabolites.
Genome Sequencing, Transcriptomics, and Proteomics.
Olive Breeding with Classical and Modern Approaches.