This textbook has been designed to meet the needs of B.Sc. First Semester students of Botany as per the UGC Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). It acquaints students with general characteristics, classification and economic importance of various divisions of biodiversity i.e., Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniate. While it provides strong conceptual understanding of the subject, it also helps in developing scientific outlook of the student.
The sixth edition of Botany for Degree Students presents a revision of the whole text, including the rewriting of many portions and the addition of several new topics on the basis of recent researches. It covers as far as possible the prescribed syllabuses of several Indian universities. This enlarged edition should meet the needs of degree students not only in India but abroad as well.
For Degree students of B.Sc. Third year as per UGC Model Curriculum. This course is being divided into Course -I Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology' where subject matter has been divided four units and expanded into nine chapters; while course II contains 'Ecology and Utilization of Plants' (Economic Botany), having two units and sixteen chapters.
This comprehensive and well known textbook deals with the characteristics, classification and life cycle of different species of fungi. While it provides a detailed account of bacteria, viruses, mycoplasma and lichens, it also discusses elementary plant pathology.
This textbook has been designed to meet the needs of BSc Fourth Semester students of Botany as per the UGC Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). It acquaints the students with plant-water relations and throws light on mineral nutrition. It also covers translocation in phloem, photosynthesis, respiration and enzymes. In addition to these, the book also deals with the nitrogen and lipid metabolism, plant growth regulators and plant response to light and temperature. While it provides strong conceptual understanding of the subject, it also helps in developing scientific outlook of the student.