UPSC IAS Botany Books References

Books:

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) along with both volumes by Pandey and Trivedi
Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
Plant Anatomy: Esau or B.P. Pandey
Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta
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 M.S. Jayaraj and P.D. Singh
Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma