COVER -- Contents -- Introduction : Cryptogams -- UNIT I - ALGAE -- Algae : General Characters -- Classification of Algae -- Cyanophyceae : General Characters and Classification -- Chroococcales : Gloeocapsa, Microcystis -- Nostocales : Oscillatoria, Spirulina, Nostoc, Scytonema, Gloetrichia, Rivularia -- Chlorophyceae : General Characters and Classification -- Volvocales : Chlamydomonas, Volvox -- Chlorococcales : Chlorella, Hydrodictyon, Scenedesmus -- Ulotrichales : Ulva -- Cladophorales : Cladophora -- Chaetophorales : Fritschiella, Coleochaete -- Oedogoniales : Oedogonium -- Conjugales : Zygnema, Cosmarium -- Siphonales : Codium, Vaucheria -- Charales : Chara -- Bacillariophyceae : General Characters and Classification -- Pennales : Navicula -- Phaeophyceae : General Characters and Classifaction -- Ectocarpales : Ectocarpus -- Fucales : Fucus, Sargassum -- Dictyotales : Dictyota -- Laminariales : Laminaria -- Rhodophyceae : General Characters and Classification -- Nemalionales : Batrachospermum -- Ceramiales : Polysiphonia -- Origin and Evolution of Sex in Algae -- Economic Importance of Algae -- Culturing of Algae -- Professor M.O.P. Iyengar -- UNIT II - FUNGI MICROBIOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY -- Fungi : General Characters -- Taxonomic Status and Classification of Fungi -- Myxomycetes Physarales : Physarum -- Chytridiomycetes Chytridiales : Synchytrium -- Chytridiomycetes Blastocladiales : Allomyces -- Oomycetes Saprolegniales : Achlya, Saprolegnia -- Peronosporales : Phytophthora, Pythium, Albugo -- Zygomycetes Mucorales : Mucor, Rhizopus -- Ascomycotina Hemiascomycetes Endomycetales : Saccharomyces -- Eurotiales : Aspergillus, Penicillium -- Erysiphales : Erysiphe, Sphaerotheca, Uncinula -- Sphaeriales : Neurospora, Claviceps, Xylaria, Chaetomium -- Pezizales : Peziza, Morchella, Ascobolus.

Basidiomycotina, Teliomycetes Ustilaginales : Ustilago -- Uredinales : Puccinia -- Agaricales : Agaricus -- Aphyllophorales : Polyporus -- Gasteromycetes Lycoperdales : Lycoperdon -- Deuteromycotina, Hyphomycetes Moniliales : Alternaria, Cercospora, Helminthosporium, Fusarium -- Melanoconiales : Colletotrichum -- Heterothallism in Fungi -- Parasexuality -- Sex Hormones in Fungi -- Edible Fungi : Mushrooms and their Cultivation -- Economic Importance of Fungi -- Lichens -- Prof. Karam Chand Mehta (1892-1950) -- Diversity of Microbes : Introduction -- Viruses, Viroids and Prions -- Bacteria : Structure and Reproduction -- Economic Importance of Bacteria -- Cyanobacteria Actinomycetes Mycoplasmas and Rickettsias -- Distribution of Microorganisms in Nature -- Isolation and Cultivation of Micro-organisms -- Infection and Immunity -- Applications of Microbiology -- Antibiotics -- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -- Plant Diseases : Introduction -- Important Plant Diseases -- Plant Diseases : Control -- UNIT III - BRYOPHYTA -- Bryophyta : General Characters and Classification -- Hepaticopsida Marchantiales : Riccia, Marchantia, Plagiochasma -- Jungermanniales : Pellia, Porella, Frullania -- Anthocerotopsida Anthocerotales : Anthoceros, Notothylus -- Bryopsida (Musci or Mosses), Sphagnobrya : Sphagnum -- Bryidae (Eubrya) : Funaria, Polytrichum, Pogonatum -- Evolution of Sporophyte in Bryophytes -- Vegetative Reproduction in Bryophytes -- Professor Shiv Ram Kashyap (1882-1934) -- UNIT IV - PTERIDOPHYTA -- Pteridophyta : General Characters -- Pteridophyta : Classification -- Palaeobotany and Geological Time Scale -- Fossilization and Types of Fossils -- Psilophytopsida Psilophytales : Rhynia, Horneophyton, Asteroxylon -- PSILOTOPSIDA Psilotales : Psilotum -- LYCOPSIDA Lycopodiales : Lycopodium -- Lepidodendrales : Lepidodendron -- Isoetales : Isoetes.

Selaginellales : Selaginella -- SPHENOPSIDA Calamitales : Calamites -- Sphenophyllales : Sphenophyllum, Sphenophyllostachys -- Equisetales : Equisetum -- Eusporangiatae Marattiales : Angiopteris -- Ophioglossales : Ophioglossum -- Osmundales : Osmunda -- Leptosporangiatae Filicales : Pteris, Dryopteris, Adiantum, Polypodium, Nephrolepis -- Marsileales : Marsilea -- Salviniales : Azalla, Salvinia -- Stelar System in Pteridophytes -- Heterospory and Seed Habit -- Apospory and Apogamy -- Telome Theory -- Prof. Birbal Sahni (1891-1949) : Father of Indian Palaeobotany -- UNIT V - GYMNOSPERMS -- Gymnosperms : General Characters and Affinities -- Gymnosperms : Classification and Distribution -- Pteridospermopsida Lyginopteris, Heterangium, Glossopteris -- Cycadeoidopsida (Bennettiopsida) Cycadeoidales : Ptilophyllum, Williamsonia, Cycadeoidea -- Cycadales : Cycas -- Coniferales : Pinus -- Taxales : Taxus -- Ephedrales : Ephedra -- Gnetales : Gnetum.