Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation.Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

B S Ozdemir, and H. Budak: Agrostis

Warren M. Williams, A. V. Stewart, and M. L. Williamson: Bromus
S. Goel, H. D. Singh, and S. N. Raina: Cenchrus
Yanqi Wu: Cynodon
Alan V. Stewart and Nicholas W. Ellison: Dactylis
Vishnu Bha, C. Mahalakshmi, Shashi, Sunil Saran , Soom Nath Raina: Dichanthium
Susana S. Neves: Eleusine
Mahmoud Zeid, Vivana Echenique, Marina Díaz, Silvina Pessino, and Mark E. Sorrells: Eragrostis
Toshihiko Yamada: Festuca
Hongwei Cai, Alan Stewart, Maiko Inoue, Nana Yuyama, and Mariko Hirata: Lolium
Hem S. Bhandari, Masumi Ebina, Malay C. Saha, Joseph H. Bouton, Sairam V. Rudrabhatla, and Stephen L. Goldman: Panicum
Warren M. Williams, M. L. Williamson, and D. Real: Paspalum
Thierry Robert and Aboubakry Sarr: Pennisetum
Alan V. Stewart, Andrzej J. Joachimiak, and Nicholas W. Ellison: Phleum
Henri Darmency and Jack Dekker: Setaria
Shin-ich Tsuruta, Makoto Kobayashi and, Masumi Ebina: Zoysia.