Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics: Classical and Modern Methods

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Methods and Tools to Assess the Soil Microbial Community/P.S. Chauhan, A. Mishra and C.S. Nautiyal. 2. Plant Virology: Diagnosis, Identification and Disease Management/S.K. Raj, Susheel Kumar and Aarti Kumari. 3. Diversity, Systematics and Applications of Fungi/S.P. Singh, Shipra Pandey, Richa Shukla, Poonam C. Singh and A. Mishra. 4. Multidimensional Approaches in the Study of Lichens/D.K. Upreti. 5. Methods and Techniques in Collection, Preservation and Identification of Lichens/Sanjeeva Nayaka. 6. Diversity and Systematics of Algae/M.R. Suseela, Kiran Toppo and M.A. Usmani. 7. Methods and Approaches Used in Collection, Preservation and Identification of Algal Resources/Kiran Toppo, M.A. Usmani and M.R. Suseela. 8. An Introduction to Bryophyte Diversity and Systematics/A.K. Asthana. 9. Pteridophytes: Collection, Identification and Preservation/A.P. Singh and P.B. Khare. 10. Diversity and Systematics of Gymnosperms/ Baleshwar, Bhaskar Datt and T.S. Rana. 11. Different Methods of Plant Identification/L.B. Chaudhary. 12 Herbarium: Techniques and Management/Bhaskar Datt, Baleshwar and T.S. Rana. 13. Preparation of Flora, Revision and Monograph/L.B. Chaudhary and T.S. Rana. 14. A Brief Introduction to The International Code of Plant Nomenclature/L.B. Chaudhary. 15. Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants/K.N. Nair. 16. Palynology and Techniques of Pollen Preparation/Arti Garg and Saurabh Sachan. 17. Systematic Significance of Seed Characteristics/Kanak Sahai. 18. Methods and Approaches in Plant Molecular Systematics/ T.S. Rana, D. Narzary, S. Verma, K.S. Mahar, Baleshwar, S.A. Ranade and K.N. Nair. 19. Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data for Biosystematics/S.A. Ranade. 20. Ecological Sampling Methods for Biodiversity Assessment/Soumit K. Behera. 21 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (Rs - GIS): Important Tools for Assessment of Plant Diversity/Manoj Semwal. 22. Identification of Herbal Drugs Using Pharmacognostical Tools/A.K.S. Rawat and M.M. Pandey. 23. Characterization of New Cultivars of Ornamentals/R.K. Roy, A.K. Goel, Shilpi Singh and Rameshwar Prasad. 24. Cultivation and Evalution of Medicinal Plants/S.K. Tewari, R.C. Nainwal, Shweta Singh and S.K. Sharma. 25. Role of Botanic Gardens in Plant Systematic Studies/A.K. Goel and R.K. Roy. References. The basic aim of this manual is to provide useful resource materials for training young students and faculties working in the area of plant systematics. The manual provides updated information on basic as well as applied aspects of plant systematics on various groups of plants like Algae, Lichens, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Chapter 1 to 3 describe the various approaches and methods to study microbial and fungal diversity, which is basically a very useful precursor to the students and young researchers. Chapter 4 and 5 provide deals with the multi-dimensional approaches in Lichen systematics. The book progresses upwards through the plethora of information on the diversity and systematics of Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms (Chapter 6-10). Chapter 11 to 15 contain on the plant methodological details identification, approaches and methods of Flora, revision, monograph and development of herbarium. This information is very important for the students and young faculties who intend to pursue their researches in plant taxonomy. Chapter 14 and 15 particularly provide all the relevant information on the International Code of Plant nomenclature including cultivated plants. These chapters per se are very significant for the amateur as well as serious readers of plant taxonomy. Plant taxonomy and biosystematics is a dynamic subject, as it derives information from various other disciplines like palynology, seed morphology, pharmacognosy, molecular biology, etc. We have, therefore, broaden the scope of this book by including the chapters on palynology, seed morphology, molecular. …