Botany 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