Algae, Lichens & Bryophyta (Botany I Year)

Algae, Lichens & Bryophyta (Botany I Year) is a Hindi-medium B.Sc. first-year botany textbook that studies algae, lichens and bryophytes in detail. The algae section starts with general characters, classification, reproduction and life cycles, habit and habitat, range of thallus, pigments and reserve food, and economic importance. Type genera are then taken class by class: Oscillatoria and Nostoc (Cyanophyceae); Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Oedogonium and Chara (Chlorophyceae); Coleochaete; Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae); Ectocarpus (Phaeophyceae); and Polysiphonia (Rhodophyceae). The bryophyta section covers general characteristics, reproduction, origin and evolution and economic importance, with Marchantia and Porella among the liverworts, Anthocerotopsida, and Funaria and Sphagnum among the mosses. A chapter on lichens completes the book. Written by Prof. G.P. Singh, Dr. Dileep Kumar, Indraj Paraswal and Dr. Dimpal Sharma, the 2022 edition has 488 pages. Suitable for B.Sc. I Year botany students who want a thorough Hindi-medium text on algae, lichens and bryophyta.