Reproductive Versatility in the Grasses - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521188911 ISBN 13: 9780521188913

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

This 1990 text brings together a detailed review by acknowledged authorities of grass reproductive biology.

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Descrizione del libro

This 1990 text brings together a detailed review by acknowledged authorities of grass reproductive biology. Essential to contemporary awareness of grasses is an understanding of their role in sustaining ecologically fragile environments, and the relative importance of annual and perennial reproduction is examined here.

Contenuti

Preface; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. The grass family, Poaceae L. Watson; 2. The spikelet W. D. Clayton; 3. Ovule structure and diversity G. P. Chapman and J. Greenham; 4. Fertilisation and early embryogenesis H. Lloyd Mogensen; 5. Apomixis E. C. Bashaw and W. W. Hanna; 6. Implications of reproductive versatility for the structure of grass populations A. J. Richards; 7. An assessment of grass succession, utilisation and development in the arid zone M. D. Kernick; 8. In Vitro technology P. A. Lazzeri, J. Kollmorgen and H. Lorz; 9. Reproduction and recognitiion phenomena in the poaceae R. B. Knox and M. B. Singh; 10. The widening perspective: reproductive biology of bamboos, some dryland grasses and cereals G. P. Chapman; Organism index; Subject index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521188911
• ISBN 13: 9780521188913
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 314
• Redattore: Chapman G. P.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Germania