A comprehensive guide to the botany of crop plants, designed for students and professionals in agriculture and related fields. The book covers a wide range of topics, from plant anatomy and physiology to genetics and breeding. It also includes detailed information on the major crop plants, including their history, cultivation, and uses. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.