Botany for Competitive Examination: Useful for UPSC-IFS, Civil Services, PCS, ASRB, CSIR-NET, ICAR-NET and other Competitive Exams By P Suresh Narayana

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Publisher ‏: Astral Cracker
Author : P Suresh Narayana, T Pullaiah, D Varalakshmi
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Paper Back
ISBN : 9789389719499

Table of Content

Preface vii Section 1 Algae 1. Thallus Organization in Algae 3 2. Pigments in Algae 19 3. Reproduction in Algae 27 4. Economic Importance of Algae 40 5. Algal Blooms and Single Cell Proteins 52 6. Biofertilizers 58 Section 2 Microbiology Fungi and Plant Pathology 7. Fructifications or Fruiting Bodies (Ascocarps) in Ascomycetes 67 8. Development of Ascus and Ascospores 74 9. Heterothallism and Sex in Fungi 84 10. Economic Importance of Fungi (Fungi Friends or Foes or Useful or Harmful) 93 11. Disease Modelling and its Help in Plant Disease Forecasting 104 12. Plant Diseases 112 Section 3 Bryophytes 13. Evolution of Sporophyte in Bryophytes 146 14. Economic Importance of Bryophytes 150 Section 4 Pteridophytes 15. Stelar Evolution in Pteridophytes and Vascular Plants 156 16. Heterospory and Seed Habit 165 17. Telome Theory 176 Section 5 Taxonomy of Angiosperms 18. Systems ofClassification 188 19. Plant Nomenclature 193 20. Modern Methods in Plant Taxonomy 204 21. Biosystematics 221 22. Selected Families of Angiosperms 226 Section 6 Plant Anatomy 23. Stomata and their Types 242 24. Anomalous Secondary Growth 246 25. Anatomy of C3 and C4 Plants 253 Section 7 Embryology of Angiosperms 26. Microsprangium and Microsporogenesis 257 27. Male Gametophyte 264 28. Ovule and Female Gametophyte 269 29. Pollination Mechanisms 283 30. Fertilisation 285 31. Incompatibility 294 32. Endosperm 300 33. Patterns of Embryo Development 310 34. Polyembryony 319 35. Apomixis 326 36. Palynology 337 Section 8 Plant Tissue Culture 37. Morphogenesis 348 38. Embryo Culture 353 39. Haploid Production 358 40. Micropropagation of Higher Plants 367 41. Protoplast Culture and Somatic Hybridization 372 42. Somaclonal Variations 389 Section 9 Economic Botany 43. Some Economically Important Plants 397 Section 10 Cell Biology 44. Ultrastructure of Cell 405 45. Chromosomes Structure and Nature 428 46. Chromosomal Aberrations or Structural Alterations of Chromosomes 440 47. Numerical Variation in Chromosomes 452 48. Cell Signalling 462 49. Cell Division 467 Section 11 Genetics Molecular Biology & Evolution 50. DNA Genetic Material 473 51. Genetic Code 481 52. Molecular Markers or Genetic Markers 498 53. The lac operon: The Regulatory Gene 509 54. Primers and their Role in PCR 518 55. RNA Splicing 529 56. Chromosome Basis of Sex Determination and Differentiation 539 57. Blotting Techniques 548 Section 12 Plant Breeding Biotechnology & Biostatistics 58. Genetically Modified Crops 559 59. Biostatistics 585 Section 13 Ecology and Forest Types 60. Forest Types of India 589 61. Biodiversity and Conservation 600 62. Bioremediation and Superbugs 608 63. Eutrophication Impacts on Ecosystem 623 64. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 631 65. Intellectual Property Rights and Patents (IPRP) 633 Section 14 Physiology and Biochemistry 66. Biosynthesis of Ethylene Triple Response 636 67. Dormancy in Plants 646 68. Vernalization 656 69. Photosynthesis 662 70. Respiration in Plants 693