About this Book

Algae is the basic component in the living world since pre-historic times. It has great impact on biological science, environment and directly on the human society. Algae is not only the branch of Botany, it’s a combination of both Botany and other branches of biology.

The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date information of applied phycology, classification, life histories of selected genera under Cyanophyta, Prochlorophyta, Glaucophyta, Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Heterokontophyta, Euglenophyta, Dinophyta, Cryptophyta, Prymnesiophyta, Chlorarachniophyta and Phylogeny along with the modern development of algal research.

This is a textbook for the undergraduate and postgraduate student of Botany and Biology.