Off the top of my head (trying to put an anatomy presentation together with new
software), I'd say that sugar cane and bamboo rank up there, with cotton being
a major non-poaceous plant. I'll need to check my "peripheral lobe" to make
sure. What do y'all think? Bill Crone, HVCC Biology
"Bohmfalk, John" wrote:
> Two different botany texts state that "Nine of the ten most economically
> important plants are grasses.", but neither text identifies all nine of
> them. They do identify wheat, rice, corn, barley, millet, oats and rye.
> What are the other two? Also, which non-grass is in the top ten? Is it
> potato?
>> Thanks.
>> John
>> Dr. John Bohmfalk
> Biology Department
> Hastings College
> Hastings, NE
>jbohmfalk at hastings.edu> (402) 461-7470
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