pbCombines new findings on morphological aspects, the latest data on gene function in grasses, and the interaction of grasses with their habitatsbp p45 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 The development of grasses is then described from the germination to fruit set with many unpublished examples.p piGrasses Crops, Competitors and Ornamentalsi provides readers with a comparative description of selected grass organs stem, root, leaf, inflorescence and devotes several chapters to habitats of grasses and morphologi