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.