Wileys Textbook of Botany for NEET and other Medical Entrance Examinations, 2019

This recent edition of Botany for NEET and other Medical Entrance Examinations is a concise definitive text for learning the concept. It offers a compelling solution for all students preparing for NEET. The book captures the fundamentals of the subject through clear and engaging explanation of concepts aided with detailed figures and tables. This book aims to better equip the students by providing unique elements and features in a rigorous scientific discipline along with explanatory models and an insight to the NEET examination question sets based on previous years NEET, AIPMT, AFMC and generic AIIMS examination questions.1 The Living World 1.Introduction 1. Living Beings 1.3 Biodiversity 1.4 Nomenclature 1.5 Taxonomic Categories 1.6 Taxonomic Aids2 Biological Classification 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Systems of Classification2.3 Three Domains of Life 2.4 Kingdom Monera 2.5 Kingdom Protista 2.6 Kingdom Fungi 2.7 Lichens 2.8 Viruses and Viroids 2.9 Kingdom Plantae 2.10 Kingdom Animalia3 Plant Kingdom 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Plant Classification System 3.3 Branches of Taxonomy3.4 Algae 3.5 Bryophytes 3.6 Pteridophytes 3.7 Spermopsida or Spermatophyta or Seed Plants3.8 Gymnosperms 3.9 Angiosperms3.10 Plant Life Cycles and Alternation of Generations 4 Morphology of Flowering Plants4.1 Introduction 4.2 Study of Morphology 4.3 The Root 4.4 The Stem 4.5 The Leaf 4.6 The Inflorescence 4.7 The Flower 4.8 The Fruit 4.9 The Seed 4.10 Semi-Technical Description of a Typical Flowering Plant4.11 Description of Some Important Families 5 Anatomy of Flowering Plants 5.1 Introduction5.2 The Tissues5.3 The Tissue System 5.4 Anatomy of Dicotyledonous and Monocotyledonous Plants5.5 Leaf 5.6 Secondary Growth 6. Cell: The Unit of Life 6.1 Introduction 6.2 What is a Cell? 6.3 Historical account 6.4 Basic Properties of Cells 6.5 Cell Theory 6.6 Cell Shapes and Sizes 6.7 Types of cells 6.8 Structure of Prokaryotic Cells 6.9 Structure of Eukaryotic Cell 7 Cell Cycle and Cell Division 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Cell Cycle 7.3 Mitotic Phase (M Phase)7.4 Meiosis 7.5 Significance of Meiosis 7.6 Meiotic Non-Disjunction 8 Transport in Plants 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Means of Transport 8.3 Plant-Water Relations 8.4 Absorption of Water by Plants 8.5 Water Movement up a Plant (Ascent of Xylem Sap) 8.6 Transpiration 8.7 Guttation 8.8 Wilting 8.9 Uptake and Transport of Mineral Nutrients 8.10 Phloem Transport: From Source to Sink 9 Mineral Nutrition 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Mineral Elements 9.3 Essentiality of Minerals 9.4 Methods to Study Mineral Requirements of Plants 9.5 Toxicity of Micronutrients 9.6 Translocation of Solutes 9.7 Soil as a Resevoir of Essential Element 9.8 Deficiency Symptoms of Essential Elements 9.9 Mechanism of Absorption of Elements 9.10 Metabolism of Nitrogen 9.11 Nitrogen Cycle 9.12 Biological Nitrogen Fixation 9.13 Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation10 Photosynthesis in Higher Plants 10.1 Introduction10.2 Photosynthesis-Requirement of autotrophic nutrition10.3 Historical Account: Early Experiments 10.4 Photosynthetic Pigments10.5 Site of Photosynthesis10.6 Theory Involved in Photosynthesis 10.7 Light Reactions (Photosynthetic phase)10.8 The Electron Transport 10.9 Biosynthetic Phase: Dark reaction 10.10 Photorespiration 10.11 Factors affecting Photosynthesis 11 Respiration in Plants 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Respiratory Substrates11.3 Types of Respiration11.4 Glycolysis 11.5 Mechanism of Aerobic Respiration11.6 Respiratory Processes and Balance Sheet 11.7 Role of Respiration in Biosynthesis 11.8 Fermentation 11.9 Amphibolic Pathway 11.10 Hexose Monophosphate Shunt11.11 Respiratory Quotient11.12 Factors Affecting Respiration 11.13 Respiratory inhibitors 11.14 Salt Respiration12 Plant Growth and Development 12.1 Introduction12.2 Plant Growth 12.3 Growth Rates 12.4 Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation 12.5 Development 12.6 Plant Growth Regulators 12.7 Dormancy 12.8 Seed Germination 12.9 Phytochrome and Seed germination 12.10 Photoperiodism 12.11 Vern