agrostology


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agrostology

[¦ag·rə¦stä·lə·jē]
(botany)
A division of systematic botany concerned with the study of grasses.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Black (Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Poiknt and manager of the 'Plants of Wisconsin' web site) "Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses" is a profusely illustrated guide to the grasses of the Badger State and deftly organized into five major sections (Morphology: Grass Structure; Agrostology: The Study of Grasses; Grasses in Wisconsin Plant Community; Keys to the Grass Genera of Wisconsin; and Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses).
Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses
Department of Agriculture, Division of Agrostology Circular 30.
Mitchondrial DNA variation in the fungus Atkinsonella hypoxylon infecting sympatric Danthonia grasses
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