Agricultural Plants

Langer & Hill

The authors begin by reviewing the need for crop production in the face of an ever-growing human population, and then give a brief introduction to plant anatomy and morphology.  The main part of the book is devoted to a description of those plant families which contain the major crops, notably the grasses and legumes, but also of many others of importance throughout the world, with the exception of tree crops.  The book concludes with a discussion of the physiological principles underlying crop 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.