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In vitro Culture of Cereals and Grasses

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Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

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The origins of the grass family Gramineae (Poaceae) remain obscure and debatable. However, the grasses are known to have evolved early and become prominent about 70 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous. Since then; grasses have become a highly diversified group of plants that are distributed worldwide in virtually all climatic zones. One of the largest families of angiosperms, the Gramineae comprise nearly 785 genera, and more than 10,000 species, ranging from some of the smallest angiosperms to the giant bamboos. By virtue of including such major food crops as the cereals and sugarcane for human beings, and forage grasses for animals, it is clearly the most important family of angiosperms. The primitive forms of several cereal species were amongst the handful of plants that were first domesticated by early man. The choices made by the Neolithic man, nearly 10,000 years ago; have not only proven to be remarkably durable but have also played a major role in sustaining the development of the human civilization. The major cereal species, such as wheat, rice and maize, have long and venerable histories. Even today they form the centerpiece of world agriculture by providing more than half of all food for mankind. It is also noteworthy that grasses in general are excellent and vigorous colonizers, especially of disturbed environments. With the ever increasing human population and industrialization, and the severe resultant strains on the environment, the grasses are destined to become even more important for mankind in the future.

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