Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 387 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9781139170284
Content:
The future of mankind depends on ever-increasing agricultural production to provide food, fibre, fuel and other essential commodities. This can only be achieved through a sound knowledge of the plants which feature prominently in agriculture. This book describes these plants in detail, together with the products which are obtained from them. The opening chapter on world population and food supply is followed by a general introduction to plant structure. The major part of the book then considers economically important field crops and pasture plants of temperate and subtropical regions on a family-by-family basis. Fruit crops, flowers and trees are not considered. The book concludes with a discussion of physiological principles of crop growth and yield. This is an introductory text, suitable for the teaching of agricultural botany to undergraduate students, and is intended to bridge the gap between classical botany and agronomy
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521405454
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521405638
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521405454
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139170284
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