Economic Botany, Centers of origin of Cultivated plants, Gene diversity, Utilization of cereals
Economic Botany:- Introduction:- > There are three basic needs in the life of a man viz. food, dothing and shelter. > Pre-historic man could comfortablemeet out theserequirements from the plant kingdom. > Modem man has increased these requirements many times due to which his lifestyle is comparatively becoming complex and stressful. > Actually plant kingdom is a very special world of living beings which is able to harvest the inexhaustible radiation energy of the Sun and store it in the form of organic substances. > All the three basic requirements of a man are met out in various forms and in sufficient quan1ities as food ma1erials, fibres and wood by the plants. Definition:- > Those plants from which useful products are obtained by the man areconsidered aseconomically useful plants. > Study of useful plants and their products is called Economic Botany. Under economic botany various types of useful plants...