Celebration of Grasses, Kew, 2004                          Photo BKS

Celebration of Grasses, Kew, 2004                   Photo BKS

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Publications

Evolution and Systematics of
Grasses

Hilu, K. W. and K. Wright. 1982. Systematics of
Poaceae: A Cluster Analysis Study. Taxon 31: 9-36.

Soderstrom, T. R., K. W. Hilu, C. S. Campbell, and
M. E. Barkworth (eds.). 1987. Grass Systematics and Evolution.
Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C.

Hilu, K. W. 2000. Contributions of Prolamin Size
Diversity and Structure to the Sytematics of the Poaceae. In Grass Systematics
and Evolution. Vol. 2, Pp. 241-247. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference
on the Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons, 1998, Sydney, Australia, eds. S.
W. L. Jacobs and J. Everett. Melbourne: CSIRO Press.

Werth, C. R., K. W. Hilu, and C. A. Langner. 1994.
Isozymes of Eleusine (Gramineae) and the origin of finger millet. Amer.
J. Bot., 81:1186-1197.

Hilu, K. W. and J. L. Johnson. 1997. Systematics
of Eleusine Gaertn. (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Chloroplast DNA and total
evidence. Annals Missouri Bot. Gard. 84: 841-847. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and L. A. Alice. 1999. Systematic and
evolutionary implications of matk indels in Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 86:
1735-1741. .pdf

Hilu, K. W., L. A. Alice and H. Liang. 1999.
Phylogeny of Poaceae inferred from matK sequences. Annals of Missouri
Bot. Gard. 86: 835-851. .pdf

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2002.Sequence
variation in the gene encoding the 10 kDa prolamin in Oryza (Poaceae):
I. Phylogenetic Implications. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 841-846. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 2003. The genus Eleusine. In.
M. E. Barkworth and K. M. Capels (eds.). Manual of North American Grasses, vol.
25: 109-110. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, New York.

Hilu, K. W. 2004. Phylogenetics and chromosomal
evolution in the Poaceae (grasses). Australian Journal of Botany 52: 13-22. .pdf

Hilu, K.W. 2006. Skewed Distribution of Species
Number in Grass Genera: Is it a Taxonomic Artifact? Chapter in
Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich
Taxa Eds. Trevor Hodkinson John A.N. Parnell. Page 165. .pdf

Hilu, K.W. 2007. A century of progress in grass
systematics. Kew Bulletin 62: 355-373. .pdf

Döring, E., Schneider, J., Hilu, K.W., Röser,
Martin. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the Aveneae/Poeae complex. Kew
Bulletin 62: 407– 424. .pdf

Protein Multigene Families in
Grasses

Hilu, K. W. and A. Esen. 1988. Prolamin size
diversity in the Poaceae. Biochem. Syst. and Ecol. 16: 457-465.

Esen, A. and K. W. Hilu. 1989. Immunological
affinities among subfamilies of the Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 76:196-203. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 2000. Contributions of Prolamin Size
Diversity and Structure to the Sytematics of the Poaceae. In Grass Systematics
and Evolution. Vol. 2, Pp. 241-247. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference
on the Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons, 1998, Sydney, Australia, eds. S.
W. L. Jacobs and J. Everett. Melbourne: CSIRO Press.

Hilu, K. W. and L. Sharova. 1998. Characterization
of 10kDa Prolamin Genes in Phyllostachys aurea Riv. (Bambusoideae,
Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 85: 1033-1037. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and L. V. Sharova. 2002. Evolutionary
implications of substitution patterns in prolamin genes of Oryza
glaberrima (African rice, Poaceae) and related species. American Journal of
Botany. 89: 211-219. .pdf

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2002. Sequence
variation in the gene encoding the 10 kDa prolamin in Oryza(Poaceae):
I. Phylogenetic Implications. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 841-846. .pdf

Boyle, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. (2004). Amino Acid
Variation in the 10 kDa Oryza Prolamin Seed Storage Protein . Journal
of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 52(8): 2242-2246. .pdf

Crop Evolution

Hilu, K. W. 1993. Polyploidy and the evolution of
domesticated plants. Amer. J. Bot. 80:1494-1499 (Special Paper). .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 1994. Evolution of domesticated
plants. In C. J. Arntzen (ed.), Encyclopedia of Agricultural Science. Vol. 2,
pp. 117-127 Academic Press.

Hilu, K. W. 1988. Identification of the "A" genome
of finger millet using chloroplast DNA. Genetics 118: 163-167. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 1994. Evidence from RAPD markers in
the evolution of Echinochloa millets (Poaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol.
189:247-257. .pdf

M'Ribu, K. and K. W. Hilu. 1994. Detection of
interspecific and intraspecific variation in Panicum millets through random
amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:412-416. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and H. T. Stalker. 1995. Genetic
relationship between peanuts and wild species of Arachis Section Arachis:
Evidence from RAPD. Pl. Syst. Evol. 198: 167-178.

Hilu, K. W., K. M'Ribu, H. Liang, and C.
Mandelbaum. 1997. Fonio Millets: Ethnobotany, Genetic diversity and Evolution.
South. Afr. Jour. Bot. 63: 185-190.

Hilu, K. W. and J. L. Johnson. 1997. Systematics
of Eleusine Gaertn. (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Chloroplast DNA and total
evidence. Annals Missouri Bot. Gard. 84: 841-847.

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2002. Sequence
variation in the gene encoding the 10 kDa prolamin in Oryza(Poaceae):
I. Phylogenetic Implications. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 841-846. .pdf

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2004. Amino Acid
Variation in the 10 kDa Oryza Prolamin Seed Storage Protein . Journal
of Agricultural Chemistry 52(8): pp. 2242-2246. .pdf

Diouf, Diaga and Khidir W. Hilu. 2004.
Microsatellites and RAPD markers to study genetic relationship among cowpea
breeding lines and local varieties in Senegal. Journal of Genetic Resources and
Crop Evolution. 52:8, pp 1057-1067 .pdf