This book presents the concepts, themes and ideas on this ever-growing multi-disciplinary subject.Contents: biodiversity science: definition, scope and constraints / genetic diversity / species diversity: wild taxa / agrobiodiversity and cultivated taxa / ecosystem diversity / values and uses of biodiversity / loss of biodiversity / conservation of biodiversity / management of plant biodiversity / biodiversity and biotechnology / biodiversity prospecting and indigenous knowledge systems / references / glossary / acronyms and abbreviations / subject index / author index
Prof. K. V. Krishnamurthy, PhD
Prof. K. V. Krishnamurthy is a Professor of Plant Science at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India, and currently serves as Director, Council for College and Curriculum Development. He earned his BSc (First Class, 1964) and MSc (First Class, First Rank, 1966) from the University of Madras, followed by a PhD in Developmental Plant Anatomy in 1973.
With over 37 years of teaching and research experience, he has guided undergraduate and postgraduate students in Botany, Plant Science, and Plant Biotechnology. His research focuses on plant morphology, morphogenesis, biodiversity and taxonomy, reproductive biology, ecology, environmental botany, and cytochemistry. He has published over 130 research papers, authored eight books, and contributed to reports from more than ten major research projects. His current work includes germplasm resources of cucurbits, dye-yielding plants, and medicinal taxa.
Prof. Krishnamurthy has received national awards including the Scientist of the Year Award (2001) from the National Environmental Science Academy and the Tamil Nadu State Scientist Award. He was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado, USA, and has lectured in the UK. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India; the Linnean Society, London; the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy; and the Plant Tissue Culture Association of India. He also serves as Editor of the Journal of the Swamy Botanical Club.
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