Plant Bioinformatics : Decoding the Phyta / edited by Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Adeel Malik, Fazilet Vardar-Sukan and Munir Ozturk

1. Plant Bioinformatics: Next Generation Sequencing Approaches
2. Systems-Based Approach to the Analyses of Plant Functions: Conceptual Understanding, Implementation, and Analysis
3. Bioinformatics Tools Make Plant Functional Genomics Studies Easy
4. Functional Genomic Approaches in Plant Research: Challenges and Perspectives
5. Bioinformatics Database Resources for Plant Transcription Factors
6. A New Proposed Model for Plant Diseases Monitoring Based on Data Mining Techniques
7. Bioinformatics in Agriculture: Translating Alphabets for Transformation in the Field
8. Functional Genomic Approaches in Plant Research
9. Concept, Development, and Application of Computational Methods for the Analysis and Integration of Omics Data
10. Genomic Data Resources and Data Mining
11. Decoding the Plastid Genome
12. Discovery and Role of Molecular Markers Involved in Gene Mapping, Molecular Breeding, and Genetic Diversity
13. Deciphering the Effects of Microbiome on Plants Using Computational Methods
14. Application of Bioinformatics in Understanding of Plant Stress Tolerance
15. Application of Bioinformatics and System Biology in Medicinal Plant Studies
16. Holistic Approach to Traditional and Herbal Medicines: The Role of Omics, Systems Biology, and Computational Technologies
17. How the ER Stress Protein Calreticulins Differ from Each Other in Plants?
18. An Engineering Approach to Bioinformatics and Its Applications

This book: (i) introduces fundamental and applied bioinformatics research in the field of plant life sciences; (ii) enlightens the potential users towards the recent advances in the development and application of novel computational methods available for the analysis and integration of plant -omics data; (iii) highlights relevant databases, softwares, tools and web resources developed till date to make ease of access for researchers working to decipher plant responses towards stresses; and (iv) presents a critical cross-talks on the available high-throughput data in plant research. Therefore, in addition to being a reference for the professional researchers, it is also of great interest to students and their professors. Considering immense significance of plants for all lives on Earth, the major focus of research in plant biology has been to: (a) select plants that best fit the purposes of human, (b) develop crop plants superior in quality, quantity and farming practices when compared to natural (wild) plants, and (c) explore strategies to help plants to adapt biotic and abiotic/environmental stress factors. Accordingly the development of novel techniques and their applications have increased significantly in recent years. In particular, large amount of biological data have emerged from multi-omics approaches aimed at addressing numerous aspects of the plant systems under biotic or abiotic stresses. However, even though the field is evolving at a rapid pace, information on the cross-talks and/or critical digestion of research outcomes in the context of plant bioinformatics is scarce. “Plant Bioinformatics: Decoding the Phyta” is aimed to bridge this gap.