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Filtering by: Institution Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Research Repository Creator Macfarlane, Terry D. Keyword Carpel Keyword Evolution Keyword Crop cereals

2022

Journal article

Evolutionary history of the grass gynoecium.

The grass family (Poaceae) includes cereal crops that provide a key food source for the human population. The food industry uses the starch deposited in the cereal grain, which develops directly from the gynoecium. Morphological interpretation of the grass gynoecium remains controversial. We re-examine earlier hypotheses and studies of morphology...

Sokoloff, Dmitry D. ; Fomichev, Constantin I. ; Rudall, Paula J. ; Macfarlane, Terry D. ; Remizowa, Margarita V
Plant anatomy, Ontogeny, Carpel, Gynoecium, Anatomy, Poaceae, Integration of organs, Evolution, Grasses, Crop cereals, and Developmental genetics