Plants are unique among living beings as they are capable of producing enough food materials not only for themselves but for other organisms also. They remain in situ, absorb the necessary raw materials from soil and manufacture organic substances. The stationary posture of plants however poses a problem for plants as all parts can not absorb inorganic raw materials from soil and also underground parts (being non green) can not prepare food. This necessitates a mechanism for multichannel transportation. The phenomenon of transportation in deed becomes very complex when distances to be traveled are very long as in trees.

Physiology of Transport in Plants analyses the various aspects of transportation such as structures involved, direction, pathways, mechanism, energy involved etc. in a detailed way.

The book has chapter dealing with transportation phenomena of both organic and inorganic constituents including the absorption and loss of water. As the understanding of cell structure is integral to the study of any physiology process, chapter two deals with cell in an exhaustive manner.

The book is intended for both graduate and ost graduate students taking Biology, Botany as a core subject.

Energy and matter are the building blocks of the universe as we know it. Energy which has been defined as the capacity to do work is the basis of all changes that has occurred over a period of time since the origin of Universe.

Introduction to Bioenergetics deals with energy transformation reactions in living systems. The first chapter deals with a general survey of energy, its types, laws of thermodynamics, free energy etc. The remaining 5 chapters analyse the metabolism processes in living organisms which are the outward manifestations of energy transformations.

The book is meant to be a text book for students of life science, pharmacy, agriculture etc. at the graduate and post graduate level.

Hereditary potentialities of living beings are same both for micro organisms as well as higher organisms. The mechanism of genetic transfer having originated in micro- organisms first has reached a much more advanced stage in higher organisms.

Microbial genetics tracts of various patterns of genetic transfer and recombination in micro organisms in all their manifestations. The book consists of 11 chapters encompassing all aspects of microbial genetics such as structure of nucleic acids, their replication, mutation, recombination etc. There is also a chapter on genetic engineering.

The book is meant to be a text book for students of life science, pharmacy, agriculture etc. at the graduate and post graduate level.

Metabolic patterns of living organisms are based on the underlying genetic machinery. The variety of physiological processes in living organisms both micro and macro has been built on the plasticity and adaptability of their genome.

Genetic and Physiology of Microbes primarily deals with the varying mechanisms of metabolic processes and an equally varying array of genetic patterns.

The book consisting of 17 chapters gives a detailed outlay of genetic phenomena and metabolism that characterize the various microbes.

The book is meant to be a text book for students of life science, pharmacy, agriculture etc. at the graduate and post graduate level.