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.

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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

Appendix

1. Floral Symbol

2. Cereals

3. Legumes

4. Nutritive of Vegetables 

5. Types of Vegetable Oils

6. Common Combining Forms

7. Glossary

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