Lotus japonicus Handbook. 2005. XXI, 384 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Studies on most of the major leguminous crops are hampered by largegenome sizes and other disadvantages which have hindered the isolationand characterisation of genes with important roles in legume biology andagriculture. For this reason Lotus japonicus was chosen as a modelspecies for legume research some ten years ago. Since then, many groupsaround the world have adopted Lotus as a model and have developednumerous resources and protocols to facilitate basic and applied research on this species. This handbook represents the first effort tocompile basic descriptions and methods for research in Lotus, includingsymbiotic processes, cell and molecular biology protocols, functionalgenomics, mutants, gene tagging and genetic analysis, transformation andreverse genetic analysis, primary and secondary metabolism, and anexhaustive update of the scientific literature available on this plant.