Suggested Botany Books for IAS

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