Botany

A clear, concise and vivid account of the process of photosynthesis is presented in this enlarged and fully revised sixth edition. The attractive presentation of this book, including the frequent use of line illustrations and color plates, leads the reader into a fascinating introduction to this som... More

With the growing urbanisation and industrialisation, the challenges facing our cities have also increased. Although the government has been undertaking several initiatives to solve the various problems, the challenges are immense. Ultimately, it is not only through government?s policies and actions,... More

Biotechnology has taken centre stage for some years now in the strategic orientation of quite a few institutions. It outlines the relevance of plant biotechnology to Indian agriculture and the importance of regulatory and biosafety issues before public acceptance of genetically modified food. It als... More

For a select group of vegetables and fruits — comprising peaches, apples, pecans, grapes, figs, dewberries and blakcberries, strawberries, melons, tomatoes, sweet peppers and potatoes, this volume presents highly useful scientific information, based on author’s life long work on their study and ... More

In many countries, agriculture is the biggest single industry. It employs over fify per cent of the labour force in developed countries with industry and commerce dependent upon it as a source of raw materials and as a market for manufactured goods. Hence, the development of agriculture and the mark... More

This book documents the historical problems associated with an ever-increasing number of commonly-named plants and the resolution of these problems through the introduction of International Codes for both botanical and horticultural nomenclature. The second part of the book comprises an alphabetical... More

Based on the definitive and widely-acclaimed Flowers of the Himalaya, the Concise describes over 1000 species of Himalayan flowers in a more portable and less expensive format. Lavishly illustrated with almost 700 color photos, this volume covers a wide variety of flora in the area from the Nepal-Si... More

The fungi are a highly diverse kingdom of eukaryotic microbes. Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing number of fungi, are facilitating their exploitation and commercialisation. Fungi have the ability to secrete large quantities of... More

Plant biodiversity is where an ecosystem in one area has an abundance of different plant species. These species must range from grasses to shrubs and flowers to large trees to be a very biodiverse ecosystem. When an ecosystem is very biodiverse it allows for many more animal species to live and thri... More

Precision farming is an emerging, important hi-tech approach to agricultural practices which promises to revolutionise the sector of agriculture. This new technology enables farmers to create finely detained maps of forms that describe important characteristics, such as fertilizer requirements, by a... More

The present title " Biotechnology of Plant Tissues" has been designed for all those under-graduates, post-graduates and technicians who wish to knowand use the principles and techniques of modern biotechnology. This text provides the essential knowledge of the core processes involved in the cultivat... More