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Grasses


Grasses

Crops, Competitors, and Ornamentals
1. Aufl.

von: Hansjoerg Kraehmer

CHF 206.00

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 12.06.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9781119416869
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 592

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<p><b>Combines new findings on morphological aspects, the latest data on gene function in grasses, and the interaction of grasses with their habitats</b></p> <p>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 The development of grasses is then described from the germination to fruit set with many unpublished examples.</p> <p><i>Grasses: Crops, Competitors and Ornamentals</i> 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.</p> <ul> <li>Predicts how cropping practices may change in the future and how these changes will affect weed spectra</li> <li>Details grasses as crops and weeds, emphasizing their adaptation to modern agriculture</li> <li>Summarizes our knowledge on grass genomes</li> <li>Connects classical morphology with the latest tools in molecular biology as well as ecological aspects determining the wide distribution of grass species today</li> </ul> <p><i>Grasses: Crops, Competitors and Ornamentals</i> 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.</p>
<p>List of Contributors vii</p> <p>Foreword ix</p> <p>Acknowledgements xi</p> <p><b>Part I Introduction</b> <b>1</b></p> <p>1 Introduction 3<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p><b>Part II Grass Genomics 11</b></p> <p>2 Grass Sequencing Projects 13<br /><i>Todd Gaines</i></p> <p>3 Grass Gene Sequences and Traits 25<br /><i>Hansjoerg Krähmer and Todd Gaines</i></p> <p><b>Part III Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of Grasses 29</b></p> <p>4 Flower and Inflorescence 31<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>5 Fertilisation and Fruit Development 89<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Peter Baur</i></p> <p>6 Seedlings 165<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>7 Leaf 195<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Peter Baur</i></p> <p>8 Shoots 233<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>9 Roots 435<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>10 Growth Forms of Grasses 447<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>11 Grass Surfaces 457<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Peter Baur</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Grasses as Crops 485</b></p> <p>12 Arable Crops 487<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>13 Bamboos 491<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>14 Dominance of Grasses as Crops 495<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p><b>Part V Grasses as Weeds 497</b></p> <p>15 Dominance of Grasses as Weeds 499<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Carl Bell</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Grasses as Ornamentals 503</b></p> <p>16 What Makes Grasses Attractive Ornamentals, and Where? 505<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Natural Habitats of Grasses 517</b></p> <p>17 Native Grasslands 519<br /><i>Carl Bell</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Conclusions 549</b></p> <p>18 Why Have Grasses Become So Successful? 551<br /><i>Hansjoerg Kraehmer</i></p> <p>Index 555</p>
<p><b>About the Editor</b> <p><b>HANSJOERG KRAEHMER,</b> works at Weed Control Research of Bayer AG. He has held positions in Research, Development, and Marketing in different agrochemical companies, including Schering AG, AgrEvo, Aventis, and Bayer AG. Dr. Kraehmer is the author of <i>Weed Anatomy</i> and<i> Atlas of Weed Mapping.</i>
<p><b>Combines new findings on morphological aspects, the latest data on gene function in grasses, and the interaction of grasses with their habitats</b> <p>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. <p><i>Grasses: Crops, Competitors, and Ornamentals</i> 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. <ul> <li>Predicts how cropping practices may change in the future and how these changes will affect weed spectra</li> <li>Details grasses as crops and weeds, emphasizing their adaptation to modern agriculture</li> <li>Summarizes our knowledge on grass genomes</li> <li>Connects classical morphology with the latest tools in molecular biology as well as ecological aspects determining the wide distribution of grass species today</li> </ul> <p><i>Grasses: Crops, Competitors, and Ornamentals</i> 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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