This textbook is designed to be an excellent resource for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students, suitable for a variety of advanced Science courses in the Life Sciences field. It caters to diverse disciplines such as B.Sc. Biology, B.Sc. Biotechnology, B.Sc. Industrial Microbiology, B.Sc. Microbiology, B.Sc. Medical Microbiology, B.Sc. Agriculture, and the PG students of different disciplines as specified in the National Education Policy (NEP) of 2020. Additionally, it is welladapted for self-directed study, providing a foundational source to gain essential knowledge and comprehension of the Fascinating plants.
Key Features of this Book are:
- Caters information about Plants and Human Culture
- Caters information about Plants conservation and Human Culture
- Emphasis on Specialized plants
- Accurate and Reliable information
- Application-Oriented Approach
- Comprehensive Coverage
- Easy and understandable language
- Most adequate and to-the-point information
- Reader-Focused Approach
Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma accomplished his M.Sc. in Botany with a distinguished first division from C.C.S. University, Meerut, in 1996. He earned his prestigious doctorate in botany from the same university in 2002. A distinguished Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS), Dr. Sharma boasts an extensive 26-year teaching career and over 20 years of prolific research experience. Since 2003, he has been actively engaged with the esteemed PG Department of Botany at Janta Vedic College, Baraut, Baghpat. Dr. Sharma has contributed to over two dozen influential research papers published in both national and international journals. Additionally, his remarkable literary pursuits include the authorship of 20 insightful books on various botany topics, and he has penned three internationally acclaimed monographs on plant physiology, courtesy of a renowned German publication.
1. Tree Worship in the Vedic Period
2. Tree Worship in the Vedic Period Concerning Puranas
3. Tree Worship in Buddhism and Jainism
4. Plant and Astrology
5. Sacred Groves
6. Sacred Groves in India
7. Plants in Worship and Myths
8. Plants in the Epics
9. Welwitschia: Unique Features and Ecological Significance
10. Cacti: Unique Features and Ecological Significance
11. Orchids: Unique Features and Ecological Significance
12. Wolffia: Unique Features and Ecological Significance
13. Rafflesia: The Giant Among Flowers
14. Sequoia and Its Allied Taxa: Majestic Giants of the Forest
15. Victoria amazonica: The Queen of Water Lilies
16. Amorphophallus: Uniquely Fascinating Plants
17. Adansonia: The Baobab Genus
18. Selaginella lepidophylla: The Resurrection Plant
19. Desmodium gyrans: The Telegraph Plant
20. Mimosa pudica: The Sensitive Plant
21. Dionaea: The Venus Flytrap
22. Nepenthes: The Tropical Pitcher Plants
23. Drosera: The Sundews
24. Utricularia: The Bladderworts
25. Parasitic Plants: Nature’s Intriguing Freeloaders
26. Medicinal plants
27. Poisonous plants
28. Pollination Mechanism in Salvia
29. Pollination Mechanism in Calotropis.
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