Basic Phycology

This well organized comprehensive text deals with the general characters of algae; that of various algal groups, the specialized habitats, the morphology and the reproduction of different members of different groups of algae. The text is organized into sixteen chapters such as Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Euglenophyta, etc., depending upon the possession of different distinguishing characters in the members such as prokaryotic, eukaryotic or mesokaryotic cell type; unicellular or multicellular nature of the members; absence or presence of the flagella; the types of flagella present; pigments types present; the number and arrangement of thylakoids in the grana, if present; the number of membranes surrounding the chloroplast; the presence or absence of connection between the chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum and the nuclear membrane; the chemical nature of the cell wall component, the chemical nature of reserve food in the cell; the types of eyespot present, whether it is present inside the chloroplast or in the cytoplasm, etc. and is also appended with relevent references. Appropriate line diagrams helps to make the concept clearer. I hope that it should be an excellent text for M.Sc. students of Botany