Origin and development of crop anatomy -- Relevance of anatomical studies in modern plant science -- Techniques of crop anatomy study -- General anatomy of crop plants -- Cereal crops -- Pulses -- Oil crops -- Fibre crops -- Vegetable crops -- Adaptation to defence against biotic stresses -- Anatomical adaptation for drought and waterlogging stress tolerance -- Anatomical adaptation in crop plants to harvest higher energy -- Anatomical adaptation for better reproduction efficiency -- Anatomical basis of crop ideotype for higher productivity.