The present book is an attempt to make the people acquainted thoroughly with the knowledge of ecosystem, and the factors concerned with the deterioration of the environment and its valued resources with the view to plan and manage the development programmes in such a way that exploitation of natural resources may not upset the balance of nature. For the major part of the terrestrial habitat, the natural vegetation was forest. All the organisms sharing the habitat had a balanced but quite competitive adjustment along themselves. Indian region is a treasure of wild genetic resource. Wild species and relatives of crop plants contain valuable genes that are of immense genetic value in crop improvement programmes. It is intended to provide a full and cover all view of the genepool conservation in the country. This book will be highly useful for understanding various aspects of Bioresources and Genepool Conservation in research and guide to students, teachers and scientists in this field.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M P Singh
Dr. M.P. Singh, Head of the Department of Forest Sciences, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi (Jharkhand) earned his mater's degree in Botany with specialization in Taxonomy and after his PH.D degree in Floristic from Patna University and Diploma in Forestry from Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Dehradun. He is a fellow in Life Sciences of Mendelian Society of India, Patna. Besides teaching Dr. Singh has been engaged with independent research in Project of Government of India as Principal investigator. He is noted Taxonomist of the country and have about twenty one years of long experiences. He is an advisor to the Government of India for whole Eastern Region on Horistic research and member of FLORA INDIA. He is the Editor of Journal "New Botanist" for forestry sector. He has published eight books in Botany, Forestry and on Environmental Sciences and also published eighty five research papers in National/International Journals. He has also guided a number of Scholar for award of Ph. D. degree in Botany as well as in Forestry. He is one of the member of Botanical Survey of India in a Research Selection Committee. He has extensively travelled in India and abroad in conection to floristic studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Soma Dey
Soma Dey, has got Master’s degree in Botany. She is actively engaged in floristics research as well as in Forestry since a long time. She has published one book on Biodiversity and many research papers in National / International Journals. She has also contributed papers to several other symposia and conference.
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