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Grasses - Crops, Competitors and Ornamentals (Hardcover)
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Grasses - Crops, Competitors and Ornamentals (Hardcover)
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Combines new findings on morphological aspects, the latest data on
gene function in grasses, and the interaction of grasses with their
habitats 45% of all arable land is covered by five grass crops:
wheat, maize, rice, barley and sugar cane. This book demonstrates
why crops and weeds are growing in characteristic environments
today, and looks at how cropping practices may change in the future
and how these changes will affect weed spectra. It explains the
distribution of grasses and their role for mankind and summarizes
our knowledge on grass genomes. Special emphasis is placed on the
function of genes at defined developmental stages and in organs of
grasses. The development of grasses is then described from the
germination to fruit set with many unpublished examples. Grasses:
Crops, Competitors and Ornamentals provides readers with a
comparative description of selected grass organs (stem, root, leaf,
inflorescence) and devotes several chapters to habitats of grasses
and morphological characteristics that enable grasses to grow in
special environments. In addition, some chapters deal with grasses
as crops and weeds, and emphasis is placed on their adaptation to
modern agriculture. Predicts how cropping practices may change in
the future and how these changes will affect weed spectra Details
grasses as crops and weeds, emphasizing their adaptation to modern
agriculture Summarizes our knowledge on grass genomes Connects
classical morphology with the latest tools in molecular biology as
well as ecological aspects determining the wide distribution of
grass species today Grasses: Crops, Competitors and Ornamentals
will be of great interest to agricultural scientists who want to
know more about crops and weeds, grassland specialists and breeders
interested in special grass traits, and molecular biologists and
ecologists who study the biology and habitat of grasses.
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