Crop Plant Anatomy - Hardcover

MAITI RATIKANTA ET.AL

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780642466 ISBN 13: 9781780642468

Publisher: Cabi(Indian), 2012

Divided into four sections covering anatomy in relation to crop management, anatomical descriptions of the major crop plants, anatomical changes in adaptation to environments and the link between anatomy and productivity, this book provides a comprehensive source of crop plant anatomy information. The crop areas covered include cereals, pulses and beans, oil crops and fibre crops. Suitable for students, researchers and professionals in the field, this book brings together economic plant anatomy and crop productivity for the first time. Table of Contents PART I: CROP ANATOMY AS A SUBJECT1: Origin and Development of Crop Anatomy2: Relevance of Anatomical Studies in Modern Crop Science3: Techniques of Crop Anatomy Study4: General Anatomy of Crop PlantsPART II: ANATOMY OF MAJOR CROPS5: Cereals6: Pulses7: Oil Crops8: Fibre Crops9: Vegetable CropsPART III: ANATOMICAL CHANGES IN CROPS UNDER ADAPTATION10: Anatomical Adaptation to Defence Against Biotic Stresses11: Anatomical Adaptation for Drought and Waterlogging Stress TolerancePART IV: ANATOMY AND CROP PRODUCTIVITY12: Anatomical Adaptation in Crop Plants to Harvest Higher Energy13: Anatomical Adaptation for Better Reproduction Efficiency14: Anatomical Basis of Crop Ideotype for Higher Productivity Reviews Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. - D. A. Archibold, University of Kentucky, USA, Choice, July 2013 Author/Editor Bio Maiti Dr. Ratikanta Maiti Ph.D., D.Sc is renowned Botanist of international repute with specialization in crop Physiology and Botany. I worked for 9 years as a senior botanist in Jute Agricultural Research Institute, Barracpore (I.C.A.R.), Calcutta. Then I worked for 10 years as a senior Plant Physiologist in ICRISAT, Patancheru, India. Then I worked as Senior Professor and Senior Research Scientist, (CONNACY, Mexico, for 18 years) in two universities in Mexico for 20 years. At, present honoraryworking as Research Advisor , Vibha Seeds, Vibha Agrotech ltd., H

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