Which books/study material to refer for IAS Mains (Botany) subject?

I completed my graduation in botany so I am deciding to take up botany as an optional in upsc so can anyone here please guide me as of which books to refer to for the mains?
As botany is not really a conventional optional I'm not really getting much help related to which books to refer to and which study material to read.

I am in desperate need of some guidance.

Thanks in advance,
Regards,
An IAS aspirant.

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Hello Friend ,

list of Books for Botany subject for IAS exam are :


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

GOOD LUCK ..
HOPE IT HELPS ..