Time seems ripe for the application of phycological research in various disciplines of biology. Algal organisms, due to their small size, wider distributional pattern, a short life span, easily manipulative inorganic nutrition, and other useful attributes, have attracted developmental biologists, geneticists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, physiologists, environmentalists, zoologists and forensic scientists alike. These organisms have a wide range of applications in a spectrum of areas comprising agriculture, aquaculture, environment and in a variety of industrial and food products. This book Phycology: Principles, Processes and Applications, provides comprehensive updated reviews on several important aspects of phycology. The volume comprises of 24 chapters, which are grouped in five sections. The chapters cover a variety of topics ranging from systematics and ultrastructure, physiology and ecology, molecular biology and biotechnology, and applications. Towards the end, few chapters on methods and techniques are of special interest to the budding phycologists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amrik Singh Ahluwalia
Amrik Singh Ahluwalia, Ph.D, F.B.S. (born February 1, 1955 at Gurdaspur, Punjab) did his schooling from Khalsa High School, Gurdaspur and later joind PAU, Ludhiana for his M.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany with specialization in Phycology. After finishing his doctorate from BHU, Varanasi under the supervision of Prof. H.D. Kumar, he joined Panjab University, Chandigarh as a lecturer in 1981. Presently he is working as Professor of Botany in the same University. He has supervised and trained several M.Phil and Ph.D students and completed about half a dozen research projects. He has published several research papers, book chapters and books. Research interests of Prof. Ahluwalia include cellular differentiation, biofertilizers, aquaculture, allelopathy, waste water treatment and biology of Azolla. He is a life member of many professional and academic societies. He has attended many national and international symposia/workshops and chaired sessions. He has delivered lecturers in UGC sponsored refresher courses in various universities. He has often been invited by All India Radio, Jalandhar to give specialized popular talks on different aspects of algae. He had been on the Editorial Board of reputed journals.
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