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--> This book provides a first hand and complete information on orchid biotechnology for orchid lovers, graduate students, researchers and industry growers. It contains comprehensive genomics and transcriptomics data, and a thorough discussion of the molecular mechanism of orchid floral morphogenesis. The contributors to the book are all orchid enthusiasts with more than 20 years' experience in the field. With more than 25,000 species, orchids are the most species-rich of all angiosperm families. They show wide diversity of epiphytic and terrestrial growth forms and have successfully colonized almost every habitat on earth. Orchids are fantastic for their spectacular flowers with highly evolved petal, labellum, and fused androecium and gynoecium, gynostemium, to attract pollinators for effective pollination. In addition, orchids have attracted the interest of many evolutionary biologists due to their highly specialized evolution and adaptation strategies. Orchid Biotechnology III covers the most update knowledge of orchid biotechnology research on Phalaenopsis, Oncidium, Cymbidium, Anoectohilus, Paphiopedilum, and Erycina pusilla. It will provide graduate students, researchers, orchid lovers and breeders with an opportunity to understand the mechanism why the orchids are so mysterious and spectacular. Hopefully, this information will be helpful for breeders to enhance orchid breeding and create even more elegant and grace flowers. --> Contents: Genome Size Variation in Species of the Genus Phalaenopsis Blume (Orchidaceae) and Its Application in Variety Improvement (Wen-Huei Chen and Ching-Yan Tang);Distinct Distribution Patterns of 45S rDNA and 5S rDNA-NTS–Related Repeats Display Diverse Karyotypes in Paphiopedilum (Yung-I Lee, Fang-Chi Chang, and Mei-Chu Chung);Chromosome Number Variation in the Emergent Orchid Model Species Erycina pusilla (Hsuan-Yu Yeh, Choun-Sea Lin, and Song-Bin Chang);Comparative Chlo