Reproductive versatility in the grasses. 1990. 2 col.pls. figs. XIII,296 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.

This is an authoritative guide to current problems in the world's most important plant families which includes all cereals, the major forages,amenity grasses and those able to stabilise desert margins. After dealing with a computerized approach to grass taxonomy, the book considers in detail the grass spiklet. Thereafter it examines fertilisation, apomixis and the structure of grass populations. The helpful role of grasses in reversing the trend towards desertificationis also considered. The book then examines molecular biology and tissue culture and highlights the encouraging prospects for mitigating hayfever. Finally, the book seeks to identify some of the current major themes in grass research and the key issues that pre-occupy it.