A class-book of botany/
A.C. Dutta
- 17th ed.
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xxxiii, 621 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
PART I. MORPHOLOGY 1. Diversity of Plant Life 2. Parts of a 'Flowering' Plant 3. The Seed 4. The Root 5. The Stem 6. The Leaf 7. Defence Mechanisms in Plants 8. The Inflorescence 9. The Flower 10. Pollination 11. Fertilization 12. The Seed 13. The Fruit 14. Dispersal of Seeds and Fruits PART II. HISTOLOGY 1. The Cell 2. The Tissue 3. The Tissue System 4. Anatomy of Stems 5. Anatomy of Roots 6. Anatomy of Leaves 7. Secondary Growth in Thickness PART III. PHYSIOLOGY 1. General Considerations 2. Soil A. Physiology of Nutrition 3. Chemical Composition of the Plant 4. Absorption of Water and Mineral Salts 5. Conduction of Water and Mineral Salts 6. Manufacture of Food 7. Special Modes of Nutrition 8. Translocation and Storage of Food 9. Digestion and Assimilation of Food 10. Respiration 11. Metabolism B. Physiology of Growth and Movements 12. Growth 13. Movements C. Physiology of Reproduction 14. Reproduction PART IV. ECOLOGY 1. Preliminary Considerations 2. Ecological Groups 3. Ecosystem PART V. CRYPTOGAMS 1. Divisions and General Description 2. Algae 3. Microbes: Bacteria and Viruses 4. Fungi 5. Lichens 6. Bryophyta 7. Pteridophyta PART VI. GYMNOSPERMS 1. Introduction 2. Cycas 3. Pinus PART VII. ANGIOSPERMS 1. Principles and Systems of Classification 2. Selected Families of Dicotyledons 3. Selected Families of Monocotyledons PART VIII. EVOLUTION AND GENETICS 1. Organic Evolution 2. Genetics PART IX. RECENT ADVANCES IN BOTANY 1. Genetic Engineering 2. Industrial Microbiology 3. Biotechnology 4. Tissue Culture PART X. ECONOMIC BOTANY 1. General Description 2. Economic Plants Appendix I: Questions Appendix II: Glossary of Names of Plants Index