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

In this book, Botany for Competitive Examinations, the authors have compiled the subject in every detail and have done their best to select the important topics as far as possible, with reference to the examination point of view. It gives a comprehensive account of Botany. This book helps to understand not only the basics of botany and also gives the broader perspective to prepare for the competitive examinations. About 70 topics and a few short notes have been given covering almost all the branches of botany. The contents of the book are ear-marked as: Cryptogams (Thallophyta, Bryophyta and Pteridophyta), Plant Pathology, Gymnosperms, Systematic Botany, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology, Embryology, Plant Anatomy, Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Biodiversity, Social Forestry, and many more topics of botany. The essays give a detailed account of each aspect of botany to help students preparing for IAS, IFS, and State Civil services. It will also be useful to Post Graduate students of Botany. Among all the subjects, botany is very important for the general understanding of plants around us, the different biophysical and biochemical processes that occur within them and their importance to human life. Hence, this subject becomes more vital.