The different chapters described in the book include: Introduction, Microscopy, Plant micro-technique, Smear/Sqush technique, Plant tissue culture, Herbarium technique, Hydrogen ion concentration (pH), Centrifugation, Chromatography, Electrophoresis, Colorimetry, Spectro-photometry, Radio-isotopes in biology and Computers and their application in plant sciences. Chapters on Biostatistics, Biophysics and Bioinformatics have also been included to help the student in the statistical analysis of the results, physical principles involved in the operation of different instruments and basics of bioinformatics. We sincerely hope that this book helps to fill up the lacuna and provides what all that is needed about the research methods required for a scholar/student in plant sciences to pursue their higher studies.
P.S. Narayana
P. Suresh Narayana is MSc in Botany from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi. He has a teaching experience of about 37 years. He retired as Principal, SSBN Junior College, Anantapur. During his tenure as Principal, he established the NSS unit in the college and conducted many programmes such as: `Clean and Green` and `Planting and Environmental Awareness`. He has participated in several National Symposia on Botany, Environmental Awareness and Biotechnology. He has authored four books: Eminent Indian Botanists and Text Book of Pharmacognosy (3 volumes).