I am specifically looking for information on wild grass species ecology, taxonomy, distribution with special reference to wild relatives of crops e.g. rice, millet etc.
Take a look at this books -
1. Bibliography of Indian Poaceae, By JH Franklin Benjamin et al, 2012.
2. Fascicles of Flora of India, Fascicle 14: Poaceae - Tribe: Isachneae and also the other Fascicles of Flora of India, Botanical Survey of India.
3. Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh, Volume 3: Hydrocharitaceae-Poaceae, By HJ Chowdhery et al, 2009.
You can purchase them from NHBS - http://www.nhbs.com
Good luck,
Grasses of India, Burma, Cylone and Pakistan by N. L. Bor
Flora of Assam vol 5 by N.L. Bor
Grasses of NE India by U. Sukla
A Hand Book of South Indian Grasses
Grasses of United Provinces by N. L. Bor
Grasses of Kerala
Grasses of Tamilnadu
These books are available in any Botanical Survey of India Library or in any library of Scientific Interest
An additional one is Moulik's 'The Grasses and Bamboos in India' (1997), available from Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/grasses-bamboos-India-Sunanda-Moulik/dp/817233141X
Sreekumar P. V & V. J. Nair 1991.Flora of Kerala - Grasses, BSI Publications, Calcutta. Is a good account on the Grasses of Kerala State, India.
Potdar, G. G., Salunkhe, C. B. and Yadav, S. R. (2012). Grasses of Maharashtra. Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
1. Grasses of India, Burma, Cylone and Pakistan by N. L. Bor (1960)
2. Kabeer, K. A. A. & Nair, V. J. (2009) Flora of Tamilnadu- Grasses. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Hello Avik; You might get some good suggestions by contacting Debal Deb. He can be reached at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Barrackpore. Deb is expert in landraces of rice. Best wishes, Jim Des Lauriers
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