Crop plant anatomy /

• Main Authors: Maiti, R. K., 1938- (Author), Satya, Pratik, (Author), Rajkumar, Dasari, (Author), Ramaswamy, Allam, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: Plant anatomy.; Agricultural productivity.; Plant Morphology and Structure.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Angiosperms.; Adaptation.; Crop yield.; Crops.; Plant morphology.; Productivity.; Electronic books.
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This book initially discusses the significance of anatomy in modern plant science and then provides an outline of the basic anatomical structures of angiosperms to give readers a basic idea about plant anatomy (section 1; chapters 1-4). In the second section (chapters 5-9), the structural anatomy of...

Table of Contents:

• Origin and development of crop anatomy
• Relevance of anatomical studies in modern plant science
• Techniques of crop anatomy study
• General anatomy of crop plants
• Cereals
• Pulses
• Oil crops
• Fibre crops
• Vegetable crops
• Anatomical adaptation to defence against biotic stresses
• Anatomical adaptation for drought and waterlogging stress tolerance
• Anatomical adaptation in crop plants to harvest higher energy
• Anatomical adaptation for better reproduction efficiency
• Anatomical basis of crop ideotype for higher productivity.