Practical
Manual of Algae/S. Sundara Rajan. Delhi, Anmol, 2000,
207 p., figs., $14. ISBN 81-261-0648-4.
Practical
Manual of Algae/S. Sundara Rajan. Delhi, Anmol, 2000,
207 p., figs., $14. ISBN 81-261-0648-4.
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Classification of the plant kingdom. 3. General Account and classification. 4. Myxophyceae. 5. Chlorophyceae. 6. Xanthophyceae. 7. Bacillariophyceae. 8. Phaeophyceae. 9. Rhodophyceae.
"Practical Manual of Algae aims to provide the students all they need to know about requirements in the botany laboratory that a student should know. The working of compound microscope, the most important tool in the laboratory is explained in great detail in the introduction, along with various procedures of study such as section cutting, staining, mounting etc. Chapters 2 and 3 give classification of plant kingdom and general characters of algae. Chapters 4-9 deal with all essential descriptions and identification of representative members of various classes of algae.
"With the increased awareness of importance of laboratory studies, this practical manual should serve as an important aid to help students familiarize themselves with laboratory methods in botany." (jacket)
[S. Sundara Rajan is currently the Head of the Post Graduate Department of Botany, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore.]