Botany for Degree Students Fungi

Contents: I. Division Mycota: 1. The Fungi: General Characters and Classification. 2. Subdivision: Myxomycotina, Class: Myxomycetes. 3. Subdivision: Eumycotina, The Lower Fungi (Phycomycetes). 4. ubdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Chytridiomycetes. 5. Subdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Plasmodiophoromycetes. 6. Subdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Oomycetes. 7. Subdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Zygomycetes. 8. Subdivision: Eumycotina, The Higher Fungi. 9. Subclass: Hemiascomycetidae (Yeasts). 10. Subclass: Euascomycetidae, Series — Plectomycetes. 11. Subclass: Euascomycetidae, Series — Hymenoasco. 12. Subclass: Euascomycetidae, Sub-Sereis: Discomycetes. 13. The Higher Fungi, Class: Basidiomycetes. 14. Subclass: Heterobasidiomycetidae. 15. Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae. 16. Class: Deuteromycetes (Fungi Imperfecti). 17. Fungi: General Topics and Discussion. 2. Schizomycota, Viruses and Mycoplasma: 1. Schizomycota: Bacteria. 2. Viruses, Viroids and Mycoplasma. 3. Lichens: IV. Elementary Plant Pathology: 1. Principles of Plant Pathology. 2. Examples of Important Plant Diseases. 3. Plant Parasitic Nematodes.

Throws light on Whittaker's five kingdom system and beyond, economic importance of fungi and recent developments in fungal taxonomy (AFTOL ):

• Includes a chapter on plant parasitic nematodes discussing briefly their life cycle, common symptoms and control measures.
• Pedagogically enriched with close to 1000 coloured diagrams and images as well as engaging chapter-end exercises. (jacket)