Cell Biology, Genetics & Plant Breeding (Botany I Year)

Cell Biology, Genetics & Plant Breeding (Botany I Year) is a Hindi-medium B.Sc. first-year botany textbook on cells, genetics and plant breeding. The cell biology chapters introduce the cell, the ultrastructure and functions of cell organelles, chromatin structure and chromosome organization, and cell division. The genetics part deals with the basis of genetic material, the concept of the gene, Neurospora genetics, the extra-nuclear genome, chromosomal aberrations, genetic inheritance, and cytoplasmic or maternal inheritance. The plant breeding chapters explain the subject and its significance, hybridization, the role of mutation and polyploidy in plant breeding, national and international plant breeders, and the Green Revolution. Written by Dr. Dileep Kumar, Dr. Dimpal Sharma, Prof. Rekha Vijayvergiya and Asha Soni, the 2022 edition has 344 pages. Useful for B.Sc. I Year botany students preparing this paper in Hindi medium.