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 mostimportant plant families which includes all cereals, the major forages,amenity grasses and those able to stabilise desert margins. Afterdealing with a computerized approach to grass taxonomy, the bookconsiders in detail the grass spiklet. Thereafter it examinesfertilisation, apomixis and the structure of grass populations. Thehelpful role of grasses in reversing the trend towards desertificationis also considered. The book then examines molecular biology and tissueculture and highlights the encouraging prospects for mitigating hayfever. Finally, the book seeks to identify some of the current majorthemes in grass research and the key issues that pre-occupy it.