Indian Forest Service reference books for Agricultute and Botany

Will you please share with me the list of some of the best Indian Forest Service reference books for Agricultute and Botany?

[Raman Vij]

As you want to get the list of some of the best Indian Forest Service reference books for Agricultute and Botany so here it is for you:


Botany:
• Cell Biology: De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar
• Genetics: Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi
• Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle
• Ecology: Vir Bala Rastogi and MS Jayaraj and P. D. Singh
• Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma
• Microbiology: Powars's two books on microbiology are more than enough.
• Pathology: Singh's book along with a foreign author
• Cryptograms: B R Vasista (alage and fungi), P C Vashishta (Pteridophytes gymnosperms) Pandey and Trivedi (both volumes)
• Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
• Plant Anatomy: Esau or B. P. Pandey
• Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta

Botany Paper-1
• Lower Boiology (Algae, Fungi, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms): Singh, Pandey & Jain
• Bacteria & Virus: H. C. Dubey
• Microbiology: Taro & Kapoor
• Plant Pathology: P. D. Sharma Plant Pathology; R. S. Sharma Principles of Plant Pathology
• Economic Botany: B. P. Pandey Economic Botany; Few topics from Kochar
• Plant Taxonomy: O. P. Sharma
• Introduction to Botany (for Degree students): A. C. Dutta

Paper-2

Cell Biology
1. Cell Biology & Genetics P. K. Verma
2. Plant Physiology Pandey & Sinha
3. Genetics P. K. Gupta (for few topics)

Genetics
1. B. D. Singh Genetics
2. Pudan Singh Introduction to Genetics
3. P. K. Gupta Genetics

Plant Breeding
1. B. D. Singh
2. Pudan Singh

Biotechnology
1. B. D. Singh

Plant Physiology
1. Pandey & Sinha
2. V. K. Jain
3. Taiz & Zeiger (Photosynthesis, Respiration & Stress Physiology)

Ecology
1. P. D. Singh

Botany Good References
• Plant Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Taiz and Zeiger + An indian author (Pandey & Sinha)
• Ecology: P. D. Sharma + Odum + Vir Bala Rastogi
• Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma + BP Pandey
• Microbiology: Prescott/Taro for reference + Powars's two books on microbiology.
• Pathology: Singh's book/P. D. Sharma along with Agrios
• Lower planta: Singh and Jain + Vashishtha (reference)
• Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
• Plant Anatomy: Esau for reference + B. P. Pandey
• Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta
• Plant Breeding: B. D. Singh
• Biotechnology: B D Singh/PK Gupta

Agriculture:
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
• Soil Science-D. K Das Or Brady
• Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy
• Plant Breeding By B. D. Singh
• Genetics By B. D. Singh
• Physiology By Pandey & Singha
• Indroduction To Horticulture-Kumar
• Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR
• Agricultural Extension Education in India
• Pathology-Singh
• Entomology-Vasantha Raj & David
• The Hindu-Survey Of Indian Agriculture
• Agricuture Statistics
• Special Issue of Agriculture by The Hindu

Suggested Reading for Objective Types
1. Soil Science-D. K Das Or Brady
2. Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy
3. Plant Breeding By B. D. Singh
4. Genetics By B. D. Singh
5. Physiology By Pandey & Singha
6. Indroduction To Horticulture-Kumar
7. Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR
8. Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
9. Agricultural Extension Education in India

Suggested Reading for Subjective Types
1. Soil Science-D. K Das Or Brady
2. Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy
3. Plant Breeding By B. D. Singh
4. Genetics By B. D. Singh
5. Physiology By Pandey & Singha
6. Indroduction To Horticulture-Kumar
7. Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR
8. Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
9. Agricultural Extension Education in India
10. Pathology-Singh
11. Entomology-Vasantha Raj & David
12. The Hindu-Survey Of Indian Agriculture
13. Agricuture Statistics-Dept. Of Agri. And coop. Statistics at a glance-