The Capsicum Genome

Introduction.- Genetic resources in Capsicums.- Classical genetics and traditional breeding.- Cytology and DNA content variation of Capsicum genomes.- Development and evolution of  molecular markers and genetic  maps in Capsicum species.- Molecular mapping and identification of QTLs/ genes for economically important traits in Capsicum genome.- Genome sequencing of Capsicum  species.- Sequencing of organelle genomes in Capsicum.- Landscape of  noncoding RNA genes in capsicum genome.- Epigenome landscape in Capsicum genome.- Revisiting Origin, Evolution and Phylogenetics of Capsicums in the Genomics era.- Capsicum genome sequence databases.- Impact of genomics on germplasm characterization & gene discovery in Capsicums.

Prof. C. KoleProf. Chittaranjan Kole is an internationally reputed scientist with an illustrious professional career spanning over thirty-three years and original contributions in the fields of plant genomics, biotechnology and molecular breeding leading to the publication of more than 160 quality research articles and reviews. He has edited over 90 books for the leading publishers of the world including Springer, Wiley-Blackwell and Taylor and Francis Group. His scientific contributions and editing acumen have been appreciated by seven Nobel Laureates including Profs. Norman Borlaug, Arthur Kornberg, Werner Arber, Phillip Sharp, Günter Blobel, Lee Hartwell and Roger Kornberg. He has been honored with a number of Fellowships, Honorary Fellowships, and national and international awards including the Outstanding Crop Scientist award conferred by the International Crop Science Society. He has served at all prestigious positions in academia including as Vice-Chancellor BC Agricultural university, Project Coordinator of Indo-Russian Center of Biotechnology in India, and Director of Research of Institute of Nutraceutical Research of Clemson University, in USA. He worked also in the Pennsylvania State University and Clemson University as Visiting Professor in USA. Recently, he has been awarded with the Raja Ramanna Fellow by the Department of Energy, Government of India. He is also heading the International Climate-Resilient Crop Genomics Consortium and International consortium for Phytomedomics and Nutriomics as their founding Principal Coordinator.
Dr. Nirala ramchiaryDr. Nirala Ramchiary is currently working as Assistant Professor at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has more than 15 years of experience on breeding, genetics and genomics of crop plants especially Brassica and Capsicum crops. After completion of his Ph.D from the Department of Genetics, Delhi University South Campus, he went to work as Postdoctoral Research