Cobley, Leslie S.

An introduction to the botany of tropical crops / Leslie S. Cobley ; revised by W. M. Steele. - 2d edition - London ; New York : Longman group ltd., c1976. - xvi, 371 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents;

1. Introduction
2. The cereal crops
3. Sugarcane: Saccharum spp
4. The legumes
5. Root and tuber crops
6. Vegetable crops

7. The cultivated tropical fruits (and nuts)
8. Beverage, masticatory and drug plants
9. The spices
10. Vegetable fibres
11. The vegetable oils and fats
12. The essential oil crops
13. Rubber



Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

0582441536

76007447


Tropical crops
Botany

/ .C62 1976

581.61 / COB