Handbook on the Morphology of Common Grasses: Identification and Characterization of Caryopses and Seedlings

Dhara Gandhi is a researcher working in the Department of Botany of the Faculty of Science at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, India. She has several years' experience in research. She worked as a project fellow in a research project funded by the Gujarat Forest Department, India. Her specializations are plant taxonomy and plant anatomy, with her main area of research concentrated on the diversity and characterization of grasses. She has published several research papers. Prof. Susy Albert, PhD, is currently a professor in the Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, India. She completed her PhD in developmental plant anatomy from that university under the guidance of renowned plant anatomist professor J. J. Shah. She has 15 years of research and teaching experience and has published 50 research papers in reputed journals. She is presently guiding four students for their PhD programs. Her main area of research work is on fungal wood degradation and its biotechnological applications mainly for biopulping in the paper industry. Other research areas of interests include morphometrics and developmental anatomy of monocots, mainly grasses, and some dicots.Neeta R. Pandya, PhD, is working as professor in the Department of Botany at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, India. She has 22 years of research and teaching experience. Her subject specialization is in plant ecology, phytochemistry, and medicobotany. She is teaching plant physiology, ecology, analytical techniques, and phytochemistry at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.