Agricultural Botany : Theoretical and Practical/John Percival. Delhi,
Sublime, 2004, 2 Vols., xxviii, 839 p., figs., $83. ISBN 81-8192-029-5.
Agricultural Botany : Theoretical and Practical/John Percival. Delhi,
Sublime, 2004, 2 Vols., xxviii, 839 p., figs., $83. ISBN 81-8192-029-5.
Contents: Vol. I: I. General external morphology: 1. Introduction. 2. Seeds: their structure and germination. 3. The root. 4. The vegetative shoot: stems, leaves and buds. 5. The leaf. 6. The flower. 7. The inflorescence. 8. The fruit: dispersal of seeds. II. Internal morphology : Anatomy: 9. The plant cell: cell-division: tissues. 10. The anatomy of the stem, root and leaf. III. Physiology of plants: 11. The chemical composition of plants. 12. The composition of plants. 13. Osmosis; absorption of water. 14. Transpiration : the transpiration-current. 15. The absorption of food-materials. 16. Carbon-fixation, Assimilation or photo-synthesis. 17. Formation of proteins. Translocation and storage of foods. 18. Enzymes and the digestion of reserve materials. 19. Respiration. 20. Growth. 21. Reproduction. 22. Reproduction (contd.) 23. Cultivated plants and their origin ; plant breeding. IV. Classification and special botany of farm crops: 24. The classification of plants. 25. Cannabaceae. 26. Polygonaceae. 27. Chenopodiaceae. 28. Cruciferae. 29. Linaceae.
Vol. II: 30. Rosaceae. 31. Leguminosae. 32. Umbelliferae. 33. Solanaceae. 34. Compositae. 35. Gramineae true grasses. 36. Gramineae (contd.) Cereals. 37. Cultivated and wild oats (Genus Avena). 38. Cultivated barleys (Genus Hordeum). 39. Cultivated rye (Genus secale). 40. Cultivated wheat (Genus triticum). 41. Common grasses of the farm. 42. Grasses and clovers for temporary and permanent pastures. V. Weeds of the farm: 43. Weeds: general. 44. Weeds: special. VI. Farm seeds: 45. Farm seeds: general. 46. Farm seeds: special. VII. Fungi, considered chiefly in relation to some common diseases of plants: 47. Fungi: general. 48. Fungi (contd.) Phycomycetes. 49. Fungi (contd.) Phycomycetes. 50. Fungi (contd.) basidiomycetes. 51. Fungi (contd.) ascomycetes. 52. Club-foot disease. VIII. Bacteria: 53. Bacteria: their morphology and reproduction. 54. Bacteria : their work.
"There has been absence of textbooks of botany suited to the needs of the students of agriculture, those available being works which treat the subject from a purely scientific standpoint and contain a large amount of matter which though important to the the botanist is not of much interest or value to the agriculturist.
The contents of the book are based upon the author's long years of teaching and lecturing to students, working farmers and gardeners and cover all those botanical areas which such experience had led the author to consider essential to a sound working knowledge of the general principles of science and its more immediate application to the crops in the farms.
It is expected that the book will provide a fund of rich experiences to the students, teachers and working farmers and will be found to be of immense use to botanical agriculturists." (jacket)