The Date Palm Genome, Vol. 2: Omics and Molecular Breeding
暫譯: 棗樹基因組，第2卷：組學與分子育種

這本書是當代與棗樹基因組學及其他組學相關知識的第一部綜合性彙編。第二卷包含11章。第一部分，營養與藥物特性，涵蓋了棗樹作為各種食品產品成分的利用、活性化合物的來源以及納米材料的生產。第二部分，組學技術，探討了組學資源、蛋白質組學和代謝組學。第三部分，分子育種與基因組修改，專注於基於突變、定量性狀位點和基因編輯的遺傳改良技術。第四部分，非生物與生物壓力的基因組學，涵蓋了有益微生物的宏基因組學，以增強對非生物壓力的耐受性，以及各種基因組學的進展在昆蟲控制中的應用。

這一卷代表了來自12個國家的34位國際科學家的努力，並包含65幅圖表和19個表格以說明所呈現的概念。第一卷的標題為：系統發生學、生物多樣性與地圖製作。

Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988 and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas. He is a Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science and Society for In Vitro Biology as well as National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. For the last three decades, he dedicated his research efforts to date palm. He has authored over sixty research articles in referred international journals, twenty-five review chapters, and edited seven journal special issues. In addition, he has edited five reference books on date palm biotechnology, date palm utilization of genetic resources, date palm biotechnology protocols and seven volumes of the book series Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies. He has been involved in organizing international scientific conferences and contributed numerous research presentations. In addition to teaching, students advising and research, he held administrative responsibilities as the Assistant Director of Date Palm Research Center, Head of Department of Plant Biotechnology, and Vice Dean for Development and Quality Assurance. Prof. Al-Khayri has served as a Member of Majlis Ash-Shura (Saudi Legislative Council) for the 2009-2012 term. Currently, he is maintaining an active research program on date palm focusing on genetic transformation, secondary metabolites and in vitro mutagenesis to enhance tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress.

Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; he received M. Phil in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1978 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Israel, USA, and Visiting Scientist/Professor in Japan, Malaysia, Germany and Italy. He was a Technical Officer, Plant Breeding and Genetics, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, during 1999-2005. He is a Member of International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology; Editorial Board Member of Euphytica, In Vitro, Propagation of Ornamental Plants, Emirates J. Food and Agriculture, and a series on Forest Biotechnology. His publications are more than 160 in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings, and he has edited 55 books; he is Invited Speaker and acted as a Chairperson in several international conferences worldwide. He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize, 2005 in commemoration the awarding to IAEA of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005; also Former Consultant to IAEA, the European Union, The Government of Greneda, Iranian Private Company and the Egyptian Government. Currently, his research interests are somatic embryogenesis, organogenesis, haploidy, somatic cell hybridization, somaclonal variation and mutagenesis mainly in medicinal plants, date palm, and banana genetic improvement, genetic diversity, erosion, conservation and utilization in the context of climate change and food and nutritional security.

Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in Geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography. He has taught at several colleges and universities including the University of Houston and was a Visiting Professor for two years at the University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Dr. Johnson also has worked extensively with international development agencies providing technical assistance to agriculture and forestry on projects and programs in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has published numerous articles on palm utilization and conservation and has edited or written books for FAO, IUCN and UNEP. He has also translated into English plant science books from Portuguese and Spanish. A decade ago, Dr. Johnson began to focus his research on date palm, in particular its introduction to non-traditional areas such as Spain, North and South America and Australia. He co-authored a book on date growing in the USA, has made presentations at five international date palm conferences and co-edited books on date palm, sago palm and plant breeding.

教授 Jameel M. Al-Khayri 是沙烏地阿拉伯法伊薩大學農業生物技術系的植物生物技術教授。他於1984年在托萊多大學獲得生物學學士學位，1988年在阿肯色大學獲得農藝學碩士學位，1991年獲得植物科學博士學位。他是國際園藝科學學會和體外生物學會的成員，以及國際植物組織培養與生物技術協會的國家聯絡人。在過去的三十年中，他將研究重點放在棗椰樹上。他在國際期刊上發表了超過六十篇研究文章，撰寫了二十五篇綜述章節，並編輯了七本期刊特刊。此外，他編輯了五本有關棗椰樹生物技術、棗椰樹遺傳資源利用、棗椰樹生物技術協議的參考書籍，以及七卷《植物育種策略進展》系列書籍。他參與組織國際科學會議並貢獻了多次研究報告。除了教學、學生輔導和研究外，他還擔任棗椰樹研究中心助理主任、植物生物技術系主任和發展與質量保證副院長等行政職務。Al-Khayri 教授曾於2009-2012年任沙烏地阿拉伯諮詢委員會（Majlis Ash-Shura）成員。目前，他正在進行有關棗椰樹的活躍研究，專注於基因轉化、次級代謝物和體外誘變，以增強對非生物和生物壓力的耐受性。

Shri Mohan Jain 教授是芬蘭赫爾辛基大學農業科學系的顧問和植物生物技術專家；他於1973年在新德里喬瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯大學獲得碩士學位，1978年獲得博士學位。他曾在以色列、美國擔任博士後研究員，並在日本、馬來西亞、德國和義大利擔任訪問科學家/教授。他於1999年至2005年期間擔任國際原子能機構（IAEA）維也納的植物育種與遺傳技術技術官。他是國際植物組織培養與生物技術協會的成員；同時也是《Euphytica》、《In Vitro》、《Propagation of Ornamental Plants》、《Emirates J. Food and Agriculture》及森林生物技術系列的編輯委員會成員。他的出版物超過160篇，涵蓋同行評審期刊、書籍章節和會議論文，並編輯了55本書籍；他是多個國際會議的受邀演講者並擔任主席。他於2005年獲得諾貝爾和平獎，以紀念IAEA獲得2005年諾貝爾和平獎；此外，他曾擔任IAEA、歐盟、格林納達政府、伊朗私營公司和埃及政府的顧問。目前，他的研究興趣包括體細胞胚胎發生、器官發生、單倍體、體細胞雜交、體細胞變異和誘變，主要針對藥用植物、棗椰樹和香蕉的遺傳改良、遺傳多樣性、侵蝕、保護及在氣候變遷和食品與營養安全背景下的利用。

Dennis V. Johnson 教授是顧問及前大學教授。他畢業於加州大學洛杉磯分校，獲得地理學學士（1966年）、碩士（1970年）和博士（1972年）學位，專攻農業和生物地理學。他曾在多所大學教授，包括休斯頓大學，並在巴西福塔雷薩的塞阿拉大學擔任兩年的訪問教授。Johnson 博士還與國際發展機構廣泛合作，為非洲、亞洲、歐洲和拉丁美洲的農業和林業項目提供技術援助。他發表了許多有關棕櫚樹利用和保護的文章，並為聯合國糧食及農業組織（FAO）、國際自然保護聯盟（IUCN）和聯合國環境規劃署（UNEP）編輯或撰寫書籍。他還將葡萄牙語和西班牙語的植物科學書籍翻譯成英語。十年前，Johnson 博士開始專注於棗椰樹的研究，特別是其在西班牙、南北美洲和澳大利亞等非傳統地區的引入。他共同撰寫了一本有關美國棗椰樹栽培的書籍，並在五次國際棗椰樹會議上發表演講，還共同編輯了有關棗椰樹、薯棕櫚和植物育種的書籍。