Abstract

Consequent to the continuously increasing deposit of DNA sequence information from different DNA sequencing technologies, several novel avenues have opened to identify the genes and/or molecular markers linked to the agronomic and economic traits. However, the greatest tricky point in this genomics era is realizing the application of those huge DNA sequence data in the routine crop breeding programs. Thanks to next generation sequencing (NGS) tools and strategies, draft (reference) and resequenced Moringa genome data are now available for further mining, and it facilitates rapid identification of desirable candidate genes besides permitting to generate thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and other marker classes. Further, NGS can also be explored for unraveling the process of methylation and its implications in the genome and how such information can be used in Moringa improvement programs. Besides studies on organellar genomes and comparative genomics offer several other useful ways to improve Moringa for valuable nutritional and medicinal traits. This chapter provides a detailed description of the above genomics titles in Moringa.

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