Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Natural Diversity: 1. Classification and evolution of the grasses S. A. Renvoize and W. D. Clayton; 2. Diversification of photosynthesis P. W. Hattersley and L. Watson; 3. The S-Z incompatibility system D. L. Hayman; 4. Apomixis and evolution G. P. Chapman; Part II. Domestication: 5. Origins and processes of domestication J. R. Harlan; 6. The three phases of cereal domestication J. M. J. de Wet; 7. Domestication of cereals M. S. Davies and G. C. Hillman; 8. Wheat as a model system E. S. Lagudah and R. Appels; 9. Maize as a model system D. Hoisington; 10. Rice as a model system G. Kochert; 11. Domestication and its changing agenda G. P. Chapman; Appendix: A system of classification for the grasses W. D. Clayton and S. A. Renvioze; Indexes.

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An examination of the domestication of grasses and cereals over the last ten thousand years.