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Bilgrami, K. S.

Fundamentals of botany / K. S. Bilgrami, L. M. Srivastava, J. L. Shreemali - 2nd revised edition - New Delhi : Vikas publishing house PVT ltd., c1982. - 698 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

Section I: Biology and genetics
Cell structure
Non-protoplasmic cell inclusions
Cell formation
Totipotency
Mitosis and meiosis
Mendel's laws of inheritance
Linkage and crossing over
etc.

Section II: Plant physiology
Role of Macro and micro-nutrients
Osmosis and plasmolysis
Process of water absorption
Transport of water and minerals
Transpiration
etc

Section III: Environmental biology
Ecology and ecological factors
Plant adaptations
Concept of ecosystem
Our natural resources
etc.

Section IV: Biology and human welfare
Cultivation and some Indian crops
Plants yielding fibres, wood and drugs
Apiculture, sericulture and Lac culture
Plant diseases

Section V: Systematics
Some important families of angiosperms

Section VI: Developmental biology
Microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis
Megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis
Pollination
Embryology and post-fertilization changes in the ovules

Section VII: Diversity
Viruses
Thallophyta - algae
Bacteria
Fungi
Bryophyta
etc.

Section VIII: Morphology and anatomy
Morphology of root, stem, and leaf
Inflorescence
The flower
Fruits of different types
Dispersal of fruits and seeds
Tissue
etc.



ISBN: 0706915267

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Botany

Dewey Class. No.: 581 / BIL