"The only review of warm season and tropical grasses that covers all the major genera." - James P. Muir, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center The warm season grasses are the major forage resources for ruminant livestock production in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In the U.S. warm season grasses are also playing a major role in prairie restoration. A companion book to Cool Season Forage Grasses.Also available: Cool-Season Forage Grasses - ISBN 089118130X Roots and Soil Management: Interactions between Roots and the Soil - ISBN 0891181598The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America are prominent international scientific societies headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. The Societies specialize in peer-reviewed, high-quality science titles for a wide variety of audiences. Some of the many areas we publish in include:-Soils Methods and Management -Crop Development and Improvement -Agrosystem Management and the Global Food Crisis -Environmental Conservation and Climatology