NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Botany Reference List
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- Cell Biology: De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar - Buy from Amazon
- Genetics: Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi - Buy from Amazon
- Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle - Buy from Amazon
- Ecology: Vir Bala Rastogi and MS Jayaraj and P. D. Singh
- Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma
- Microbiology: Powars՚s two books on microbiology are more than enough. - Buy from Amazon
- Pathology: Singh՚s book along with a foreign author - Buy from Amazon
- Cryptograms: B R Vasista (alage and fungi) , P C Vashishta (Pteridophytes gymnosperms) Pandey and Trivedi (both volumes)
- Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar - Buy from Amazon
- Plant Anatomy: Esau or B. P. Pandey - Buy from Amazon
- Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta - Buy from Amazon
Botany Paper-1
- Lower Boiology (Algae, Fungi, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms) : Singh, Pandey & Jain
- Bacteria & Virus: H. C. Dubey
- Microbiology: Taro & Kapoor
- Plant Pathology: P. D. Sharma - Buy from Amazon
- Plant Pathology; R. S. Sharma Principles of Plant Pathology
- Economic Botany: B. P. Pandey - Buy from Amazon
- Economic Botany; Few topics from Kochar
- Plant Taxonomy: O. P. Sharma - Buy from Amazon
- Introduction to Botany (for Degree students) : A. C. Dutta - Buy from Amazon
Paper-2
Cell Biology
- Cell Biology & Genetics P. K. Verma - Buy from Amazon
- Plant Physiology Pandey & Sinha - Buy from Amazon
- Genetics P. K. Gupta (for few topics) - Buy from Amazon
Genetics
- B. D. Singh Genetics - Buy from Amazon
- Pudan Singh Introduction to Genetics
- P. K. Gupta Genetics - Buy from Amazon
Plant Breeding
- B. D. Singh
- Pudan Singh
Biotechnology
- B. D. Singh
Plant Physiology
- Pandey & Sinha
- V. K. Jain
- Taiz & Zeiger (Photosynthesis, Respiration & Stress Physiology)
Ecology
- P. D. Singh
Botany Good References
- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Taiz and Zeiger + An indian author (Pandey & Sinha)
- Ecology: P. D. Sharma + Odum + Vir Bala Rastogi - Buy from Amazon
- Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma + BP Pandey
- Microbiology: Prescott/Taro for reference + Powars՚s two books on microbiology.
- Pathology: Singh՚s book/P. D. Sharma along with Agrios
- Lower planta: Singh and Jain + Vashishtha (reference)
- Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar - Buy from Amazon
- Plant Anatomy: Esau for reference + B. P. Pandey
- Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta
- Plant Breeding: B. D. Singh - Buy from Amazon
- Biotechnology: B D Singh/PK Gupta