A TEXTBOOK OF BOTANY: VOLUME - I

• Classification of Living Organisms into Major Groups• Bacteria • Mycoplasmas • Archaebacteria • Viruses • An Introduction to Fungi • Phylum Myxomycota • Phylum Plasmodiophoromycota • Phylum Oomycota • Saprolegnia • Achlya • Pythium • Phytophthora • Albugo, or Cystopus • Phylum Chytridiomycota • Synchytrium • Phylum Zygomycota • Rhizopus and Mucor • Phylum Ascomycota • Saccharomyces (The yeast) • Aspergillus • Penicillium • Sphaerotheca • Claviceps • Peziza • Morchella • Neurospora • Phylum Basidiomycota • Puccinia • Ustilago • Agaricus • Mitosporic Fungi (Fungi Imperfecti) • Alternaria, Cercospora, Fusarium • General Discussion • Lichens • Elementary Plant Pathology—General Aspects • Some Important Plant Diseases • An Introduction to Algae • Classification of the Algae • Division Cyanophyta • Division Prochlorophyta • Division Glaucophyta • Division Rhodophyta • Batrachospermum • Polysiphonia • Heterokontophyta • Xanthophyceae • Bacillariophyceae • Phaeophyceae • Ectocarpus • Dictyota • Sargassum and Fucus • Division Dinophyta • Division Euglenophyta • Division Chlorophyta • Chlamydomonas, Pandorina, Eudorina and Volvox • Chlorella, Pediastrum and Hydrodictyon • Ulothrix • Cladophora • Stigeoclonium, Draparnaldiopis and Coleochaete • Oedogonium • Spirogyra, Zygnema and Cosmarium • Division Charophyta • General Discussion • Algae and Biotechnology

• Improved categorization of bacteria, cyanobacteria, archaebacteria, fungi, viruses and algae in the major groups of organisms.
• Modern classification of fungi and algae.
• Study of fungal diversity based on the development of molecular methods.
• Life cycle of Neurospora, and genetics of Neurospora.
• Topics on fungal biotechnology and algal biotechnology explore the molecular methods in which they are exploited by man.