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Grasses Grasses Crops, Competitors, and Ornamentals Edited by Hansjoerg Kraehmer Bayer AG Frankfurt am Main This edition first published 2019 © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by law. Advice on how to obtain permission to reuse material from this title is available at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. The right of Hansjoerg Kraehmer to be identified as the author of the editorial material in this work has been asserted in accordance with law. 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Neither the publisher nor authors shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data Names: Kraehmer, Hansjoerg, editor. Title: Grasses : crops, competitors, and ornamentals / edited by Hansjoerg Kraehmer, Bayer AG, Frankfurt am Main. Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2019005877 (print) | LCCN 2019010383 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119416869 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119417088 (ePub) | ISBN 9781119416807 (hardback) Subjects: LCSH: Grasses. Classification: LCC SB197 (ebook) | LCC SB197 .G76 2019 (print) | DDC 633.2–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019005877 Cover Design: Wiley Cover Images: Courtesy of Hansoerg Kraehmer Set in 10/12pt Warnock by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v Contents List of Contributors vii Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi Part I Introduction 1 1 Introduction 3 Hansjoerg Kraehmer Part II Grass Genomics 11 2 Grass Sequencing Projects 13 Todd Gaines 3 Grass Gene Sequences and Traits 25 Hansjoerg Krähmer and Todd Gaines Part III Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of Grasses 29 4 Flower and Inflorescence 31 Hansjoerg Kraehmer 5 Fertilisation and Fruit Development 89 Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Peter Baur 6 Seedlings 165 Hansjoerg Kraehmer 7 Leaf 195 Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Peter Baur 8 Shoots 233 Hansjoerg Kraehmer vi Contents 9 Roots 435 Hansjoerg Kraehmer 10 Growth Forms of Grasses 447 Hansjoerg Kraehmer 11 Grass Surfaces 457 Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Peter Baur Part IV Grasses as Crops 485 12 Arable Crops 487 Hansjoerg Kraehmer 13 Bamboos 491 Hansjoerg Kraehmer 14 Dominance of Grasses as Crops 495 Hansjoerg Kraehmer Part V Grasses as Weeds 497 15 Dominance of Grasses as Weeds 499 Hansjoerg Kraehmer and Carl Bell Part VI Grasses as Ornamentals 503 16 What Makes Grasses Attractive Ornamentals, and Where? 505 Hansjoerg Kraehmer Part VII Natural Habitats of Grasses 517 17 Native Grasslands 519 Carl Bell Part VIII Conclusions 549 18 Why Have Grasses Become So Successful? 551 Hansjoerg Kraehmer Index 555 vii List of Contributors Hansjoerg Kraehmer Carl Bell Bayer AG Emeritus Weed Control University of California Industriepark Höchst San Diego, USA Frankfurt am Main, Germany Peter Baur Todd Gaines Competence Center, Clariant Innovation Molecular Weed Science Center, Industriepark Höchst Colorado State University Gebäude Campus Delivery August‐Laubenheimer‐Strasse Fort Collins, CO, USA Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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