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Record Nr.

UNINA9910627290903321

Titolo

Crop plant anatomy [[electronic resource] /] / Ratikanta Maiti ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford Oxfordshire, U.K. ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2012

ISBN

1-283-67081-X

1-78064-174-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MaitiR. K. <1938->

Disciplina

571.32

580

Soggetti

Plant anatomy

Agricultural productivity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Origin and development of crop anatomy -- Relevance of anatomical studies in modern plant science -- Techniques of crop anatomy study -- General anatomy of crop plants -- Cereal crops -- Pulses -- Oil crops -- Fibre crops -- Vegetable crops -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. It is suitable for students and researchers of crop scienc