This book focuses on the discoveries in M. truncatula genomic research which has been undertaken in the last two decades. Legumes are important for their economic values as food, feed, and fodder and also serve as the pillar of sustainable agriculture because of its biological nitrogen fixation capacity. Medicago truncatula was established as a model legume in the 1990s and has been well adopted as a model internationally since then. M. truncatula is an autogamous, diploid (2n = 16) species with a short generation time, and relatively small genome size (~375 Mbp). The M. truncatula genome was initially sequenced by the International Medicago Genome Annotation Group (IMGAG) in 2011 and has been well-annotated. M. truncatula research benefits from the availability of several genetic and genomic tools, such as gene expression atlas (MtGEA), insertion and neutron bombardment mutant populations, anda HapMap panel containing 384 sequenced inbred lines for genome-wide association studies. This book covers the current status and latest advancements of the M. truncatula genomics and transcriptomics resources along with a glimpse of newly developed tools that makes M. truncatula a front runner model in functional genomic studies.

Chapter 1. The Model Legume, Medicago truncatula in the Genomic Era: Speeding Up Discoveries in Legume Biology

Chapter 2. Genome-Wide Association Studies in Medicago truncatula
Chapter 3. Tnt1 Insertional Mutagenesis In Medicago truncatula for Gene Function Analysis
Chapter 4. Fast Neutron Bombardment (FNB)-Induced Mutant Resources in Medicago truncatula
Chapter 5. Medicago Truncatula as s Model to Decipher Powdery Mildew Resistance in Legumes
Chapter 6. Transcriptional Networks in Medicago truncatula: Genomic and Functional Overview During Root Nodule Symbiosis
Chapter 7. Understanding of Root Nodule Development at Level of Systems Biology as Obtained by High Throughput Transcriptomic Approach
Chapter 8. Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a Medicago truncatula Tnt1 Insertion Mutant in the VIT8 Gene that is Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
Chapter 9. Regulation of Leaf Blade Outgrowth: In Medicago truncatula
Chapter 10. Function of Medicago truncatula WOX Genes and their Diversity
Chapter 11. Early Stages of Seed Development In Medicago truncatula: Lessons from Genomic Studies
Chapter 12. Seed Maturation Events in Medicago truncatula: Focus on Desiccation Tolerance
Chapter 13. Functional Genomic and Genetic Studies of Organ Size Control in Medicago truncatula: An Overview.