Introduction to Agricultural Botany

Contents: 1. Systems of plant classification. 2. Classification of agricultural crops. 3. General morphology of plants. 4. Poaceae. 5. Fabaceae. 6. Mimoseae. 7. Euphorbiaceae (The Spurge Family). 8. Asteraceae (Compositae, Daisy Family). 9. Cruciferaceae. 10. Malvaceae. 11. Solanaceae (Nightshade, Potato Family). 12. Cucurbitaceae. 13. Rubiaceae (Coffee Family, Madder Family or Bedstraw Family).14. Theacea.15. Pedaliaceae.16. Oleaceae.17. Chenopodiaceae (Goosefeet Family).18. Tiliaceae (Linden Family).19. Piperaceae. 20. Moraceae (Mulberry or Fig Family). 21. Alliaceae. 22. Musaceae (Banana Family). 23. Arecaceae. 24. Diagnostic Features of Plant Families with Floral Formula and Floral Diagram. 25. Appendix. This book will cater to the needs of the B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture students of Indian Agricultural Universities and also the students of other conventional Indian Universities with respect to the course on Agricultural botany or Economic botany. The main objective of this book is to make the students to get well versed with diagnostic features of the important crop families and also to gain confidence in botanical description of crop plants. The economic importance of the crops dealt are also explained.…