UPSC Mains Botany Reference Books 2024 for Civil Services / IAS / IPS / IES

Check out UPSC Mains Botany Reference Books 2024 for Civil Services / IAS / IPS / IES exams. Earlier we’ve provided UPSC Notification 2022 and UPSC Mains Botany Question Papers 2021, 2020 2019. Now we are providing UPSC Mains Botany books for reference. Here we suggested famous IAS books with author and publication name for UPSC 2022 exam. The following are the Botany books are in Hindi medium and English. In our next article, we’ll provide UPSC Mains Botany Notes in pdf.

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IAS Mains Botany Exam Date 2024 

IAS Mains Exam Update 2022: The Civil Services IAS Mains Exam will be held in September 2022. The Exam will be in two sessions, the morning session will be held between 9 AM and 12 PM while the evening sessions will be held between 12 PM and 5 PM.

UPSC IAS Mains Botany Exam will be held on 16th September 2022

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UPSC Mains Botany Reference Books 2024

  • Cell Biology: De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Cryptograms: B R Vasista (algae and fungi), P C Vashishta (Pteridophytes gymnosperms) Pandey and Trivedi (both volumes)
  • Ecology: Vir Bala Rastogi and MS Jayaraj and P.D. Singh
  • Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma
  • Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Genetics: Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Microbiology: Powars’s two books on microbiology are more than enough. – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Pathology: Singh’s book along with a foreign author – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Plant Anatomy: Esau or B.P. Pandey – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta – Buy from Amazon.in

Botany Paper-1

  • Bacteria & Virus: H.C.Dubey
  • Economic Botany: B.P. Pandey – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Economic Botany; Few topics from Kochar
  • Introduction to Botany (for Degree students): A.C.Dutta – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Lower Biology (Algae, Fungi, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms): Singh, Pandey & Jain
  • Microbiology: Taro & Kapoor
  • Plant Pathology: P.D. Sharma – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Plant Pathology; R.S.Sharma Principles of Plant Pathology
  • Plant Taxonomy: O.P.Sharma – Buy from Amazon.in

Paper-2

Cell Biology

Genetics

Plant Breeding

  • D.Singh
  • Pudan Singh

Biotechnology

  • D. Singh

Plant Physiology

  • Pandey & Sinha
  • Taiz & Zeiger (Photosynthesis, Respiration & Stress Physiology)
  • K. Jain
  • Ecology
  • D. Singh

Botany Good References

  • Biotechnology: BD Singh / PK Gupta
  • Ecology: P.D. Sharma + Odum + Vir Bala Rastogi – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma + BP Pandey
  • Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Lower planta: Singh and Jain + Vashishtha (reference)
  • Microbiology: Prescott/ Taro for reference+ Powars’s two books on microbiology.
  • Pathology: Singh’s book/ P.D.Sharma along with Agrios
  • Plant Anatomy: Esau for reference + B.P. Pandey
  • Plant Breeding: B.D.Singh – Buy from Amazon.in
  • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Taiz and Zeiger + An Indian author (Pandey & Sinha)
  • Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta

About Botany Subject in UPSC Mains Exam

UPSC Mains Botany Reference Books: Botany is the scientific study of plants and the branch of biology. Botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively. Research topics include plant structure, growth and differentiation, reproduction, biochemistry and primary metabolism, chemical products, development, diseases, evolutionary relationships, systematics, and plant taxonomy.

Why UPSC Reference Books / Suggested Books are Important

UPSC Reference Books can provide general background information (facts, definitions, dates, details), assistance in focusing your topic, quick access to important factual and statistical information, and references to other sources of information. It is, therefore, a good place to begin your research. Reference materials for UPSC IAS / IFS / IPS / IES Exams include almanacs, handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. To Prepare, UPSC Exams students should refer some suggested books by toppers. We’ve provided a few recommended books for IAS Preparation. These are books suggested by IAS Toppers.

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