Open AccessDomesticated versus Wild Rice? Bring It Awn!
Author(s) -
Jennifer Mach
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.15.00504
Subject(s) - biology , domestication , biological dispersal , seed dispersal , agronomy , botany , ecology , population , demography , sociology
By necessity, wild grasses are mean little things; for example, the seeds of many wild grass species have awns, large, barbed spikes that can fend off seed-eating animals, assist in seed dispersal, and help plant the seeds. In wheat ( Triticum spp), changes in humidity cause the awns to flex, which
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