This comprehensive and well known textbook deals with the characteristics, classification and life cycle of different species of fungi. While it provides a detailed account of bacteria, viruses, mycoplasma and lichens, it also discusses elementary plant pathology.

For Degree, Honours and Postgraduate Students

The present book is for B.Sc(I) yr, strictly based on UGC Model syllabus for all Indian Universities. Each unit or chapter as the case may be is followed by various types of questions, such as very short, short, long answer questions, digrammatic questions and multiple choice questions, asked repeatedly questions have been included.

University Botany-I Is A Comprehensive Textbook For Students Of 1St Year B.Sc. Botany. The Book Is Written Strictly In Accordance With The Revised Common Core Syllabus Adopted By The Universities In Andhra Pradesh. Every Care Has Been Taken To Present The Subject In A Simple Language And In A Profusely Illustrated Manner For Better Understanding. The Book Is Divided Into Four Parts.Part I Deals With Structure, Reproduction, Life-History, Systematic Position Of The Algal Members That Are Needed To Be Studied By The Students Under Common Core Syllabus. Part Ii Deals With Structure, Reproduction, Life-History, Systematic Position Of Fungi Included In The Syllabus Bacteria, Viruses, Lichens Along With A Brief Account Of Plant Diseases And Their Control Also Have Been Discussed.Part Iii Deals With Structure, Reproduction, Life-History And Systematic Position Of The Bryophytes Included In The Syllabus.Part Iv Deals With Structure, Reproduction, Life-History, Systematic Position Of The Pteridophytes, Included In The Syllabus. Review Questions Based On University Examination Pattern Are Given At The End Of Each Chapter, For The Benefit Of The Students. With All These Features, This Book Would Serve As An Excellent Text For The Core Course Of Botany Of Andhra Pradesh And Other Indian Universities.

For Degree Level Students

This book will serve as an introduction to Fungi, Viruses, Bacteria, and Mycoplasma to the beginners in the field. Actually the book is in intended to fulfil the long felt need of student of graduate and postgraduate level of all universities. The syllabi of all the universities have been kept in view during the preparation of the manuscript of this text. This work may also serve as laboratory manual. The present text provides a background of facts, terminology, general principle and specific fungus of world. CONTENTS Section-A Chapters Pages 1. Fungi: General Characters 2. Taxonomic Status and Classification of Fungi 3. Brief history of mycology 4. Evolution and phylogeny of fungi 5. Myxomycotina, Physarales: Physarum 6.Chytridiales:Synchytrium 7. Oomycetes, Saprolegniales:Achlya,Saprolegnia 8. Perenosporales: Phytophthora, Pythium, Albugo 9. Zygomycetes,Mucorales: Mucor, Rhizopus 10. Endomycetales: Saccharomyces 11. Eurotiales: Aspergillus, Penicillium 12. Erysiphales: Erysiphe, Sphaerotheca 13. Sphariales: Claviceps 14. Pezizales: Peziza, Morchella 15. Basidiomycetes, Ustilaginales: Ustilago 16. Uredinales: Puccinia 17. Agaricales: Agaricus 18. Lycoperdales: Lycoperdon 19.Deuteromycotina,Melanoconiales:Colletotrichum Sphaeropsidales:Macrophomina, Ascochyta Agonomycetales:Rhizoctonia, Sclerotiu 20. Moniliales: Alternaria, Cercospora 21. Heterothallism in Fungi2 22. Parasexuality 23. Sex Hormones in Fungi) 24. EdibleFungi: Mushrooms and their Cultivation 25. Economic Importance of Fungi Section –B 26. Viruses, Viroids, Prions 27. Bacteria 28. Mycoplasma 29.Multiple choicequestions fungi_and_plant pathology 30.Mycological Terminology 31.References

CONTENTS 1. Alternaria alternata (Fries.) Keissler (Syn. A. tenuis Nces) 2. Alternaria brassicicola (Schw,) Wiltshire 3. Alternaria longissima, Deighton Mae Garive 4. Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze.Fr.) Wiltshire 5. Aspergillus candidus Link 6. Aspergillus fiavus link ex. Fr. 7. Aspergillus fumigatus, Fresenius 8. Aspergillus nidulans, (Eidam.) Winter 9. Aspergillus niger, Van Tiegh 10. Aspergillus oryzae Ahlburg. Cohn 11. Aspergillus ruber 12. Aspergillus sydowii (Bainier and Sartory), Thom and Church 13. Aspergillus tamarri, Kita 14. Aspergillus terreus, Thom 15. Botryodiplodia theobromae, Patouillard 16. Botrytis cinerea, Persoon 17. Cephalosporium humicola, Oudemans 18. Chaetomium brasiliense, Bat and Pontuel 19. Chaetomium globosum, Kunze 20. Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fr.) de Vries 21. Colletotrichum dematium (Fr.) Grove 22. Corynespora cassiicola (Berk. and Curt.) Wei 23. Cunninghamella elegans Lendner 24. Curvularia lunata (Walker) Boediju 25. Drechslera rostrata 26. Drechslera tetramera (Mc.Kinney) Subram and Jain Syn. Helminthosporium tetramera Mc. Kinney Bipolaris tetramera (Mc. Kinney) Shoem 27. Epicoccum purpurascens, Ehrenberg 28. Fusarium bulbigenum, Cooke and Massee 29. Fusarium equiseti (Corda) Saccardo 30. Fusariurn moniliforme, Sheldon 31. Fusarium oxysporurn, Schlechtendahl 32. Fusarium semitectum Berkeley and Ravene 33. Fusarium solani (Martius) 34. Fusarium udum (Berkeley.) 35. Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid 36. Memnoniella echinata (Rivolta.) Galloway 37. Mucor echinulatus 38. Mucor hiemalis, Wehmer. 39. Mucor varians, Povah. 40. Myrothecium roridum, Tode. 41. Nigrospora oryzae, Hudson 42. Penicillium corylophilum, Dierck Syn. P. umbonatum Shopp. 43. Penicillium chrysogenum, Thom. 44. Penicillium citrinum, 45. Penicillium expansum (Link.) Thom. 46. Penicillium oxalicum, Thom. 47. Penicillium rubrum, Stoll 48.Phoma humicola, Gilman and Abbott 49. Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taub.) Butl. 50. Rhizoctonia solani, Kuhn 51. Rhizopus arrhizus, Fischer 52. Rhizopus nigricans, Ehrenberg 53. Sclerotium rolfsii Saccardo. 54. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. 55. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. 56. Sterile mycelium 57. Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke and Berthold

The rhythm of life on Earth includes several strong themes contributed by Kingdom Fungi. So why are fungi ignored when theorists ponder the origin of life? Casting aside common theories that life originated in an oceanic primeval soup, in a deep, hot place, or even a warm little pond, this is a mycological perspective on the emergence of life on Earth. The author traces the crucial role played by the first biofilms – products of aerosols, storms, volcanic plumes and rainout from a turbulent atmosphere – which formed in volcanic caves 4 billion years ago. Moore describes how these biofilms contributed to the formation of the first prokaryotic cells, and later, unicellular stem eukaryotes, highlighting the role of the fungal grade of organisation in the evolution of higher organisms. Based on the latest research, this is a unique account of the origin of life and its evolutionary diversity to the present day.

Uniquely modern textbook providing a broad, all-round understanding of fungal biology and the biological systems to which fungi contribute.