Textbook of Pteridophyta, 2nd/Ed. (PB)

The TEXTBOOK OF PTERIDOPHYTA, a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Botany, is written with the sole aim to provide an up-to-date and authentic text to the readers. This book deliberates the pteridophytes (both extinct and extant) from the fundamental level to the recent concepts. The entire subject matter is explained in a simple, lucid and understandable writing style.

Salient Features

●   Covers all divisions of Pteridophyta

                  Psilophytopsida                  Psilotopsida                         Lycopsida

                  Sphenopsida                       Pteropsida

●   Presents an up-to-date coverage of the subject as per details given in

                  Classification of pteridophytes by Smith et al. (2006)

                  Books and research articles published upto 2010

●   Provides well-illustrated  life-history details of largest number  of  genera (42) not covered in any other  Indian book of pteridophytes.

●   Discusses  several new, modern and application-based topics

                  Nuclear DNA amounts in pteridophytes

                  Morphogenesis

                  Cytogenetics

                  Economic Importance

                  Threatened pteridophytes of India : Handle them with care

●  Gives chapterwise discussion of 15 general topics of Pteridophya, the largest in any other available Indian book on the subject.

●   Rich pedagogy

                  14 illustrated and pictorial life-cycles of major living genera

                  17 Tables of comparison spread in the entire text

                  320 well-labelled diagrams which make it a profusely-illustrated book

                  623 chapter-end questions with answers of most of the short-answer questions at the end of the   book.