Textbook of Phycology and Bryology

by K Sivakumar

ISBN: 9789371708067
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2027
Price : Rs. 11995.00
Biblio : viii+239p., figs., tbls., ind., 25cm.,

Author Profile

Dr. K. Sivakumar, M.Sc. (Botany). M.Sc. (Biolnform.), M.Phil. Ph.D. (Botany) is working as a Professor in the Department of Botany, Annamalai University, having 23 years teaching and 30 years research experience in the fields of electron microscopy, algal taxonomy, ecology, biotechnology and bioinformatics. He completed his Post-Doctoral work in South Korea and has published more than 103 research articles in international and national journals. Dr. Sivakumar has successfully guided 22 M.Phil, and 17 Ph.D. scholars and is currently guiding 01 Ph.D. students. He has organized one National Conference on “Future Perspectives on Botanical Research”, sponsored by UGC and DST, during 2011 and published an abstract manual and one National workshop on “Biological specimen preparation for SEM studies”, sponsored by UGC, during 2014 and published a workshop manual. He also published three books.

About The Book

The primary classification of algae is based on certain morphological and physiological features. The chief among these are pigment constitution of the cell, chemical nature of stored food materials, kind, number, point of insertion and relative length of the flagella on the motile cell, chemical composition of cell wall and presence or absence of a definitely organised nucleus in the cell or any other significant detail of cell structure. The importance of these features in the primary classification of algae has been discussed. The details of vegetative structure and reproduction are useful for algal classification only at the level of families, genera and species. Role of Algae in soil fertility, Culture and cultivation of algae, Algal pigments and their uses, Algae and Environment, Algal blooms and Toxins, Economic importance of algae, Fossil Algae have been included. The Bryology plant body thalloid or foliose, Cells have chloroplast without pyrenoids, Green cells contain simple or compound oil bodies, Sporophyte simple or differentiated into food, seta, capsules, Sporogenous cells develop from endothecium, Sporophyte completely depend upon the sporophyte for nutrition and Dehiscence of sporangium is regular or regular is well documented.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Algae 1 2. Phaeophyceae 49 3. Origin and Evolution of Sex in Algae 119 4. Bryophytes 157 5. Range of Variations in Structure of Gametophytes of Byrophytes 173 Model Questions 225 Selected Bibliography 229 Index 231