Agricultural Plants

This book describes economically important agricultural plants in detail, and 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.Hill, G. D. is the author of 'Agricultural Plants', published 1991 under ISBN 9780521405454 and ISBN 0521405459.