Biology, Conservation, and Culture of Orchids. Papers presented at a National Seminar organized by the Orchid Society of India, held at Panjab University, 3-4 April 1985. Publ. 1986. illustr. XVI,492 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

From the contents: Researches on Indian Orchids-A Review, K.S.Manilaland C.Sathish Kumar/ Reproductive Structures in Orchids: Ultrastructuraland Cytochemical Appraisal, M.R.Vijayaraghavan, Veena Gupta and A.K.Shukla/ Embryo Sac Development in Orchidaceae, S.P.Vij and M.Sharma/Anatomical Studies in Relation to Habitat Tolerance in Some EpiphyticOrchids, S.M.Khasin and P.R. Mohana Rao/ Raphide Idioblasts: TheirHistology and Histochemistry in Pachystoma senile, Veena Gupta and M.R.Vijayaraghavan/ Studies on Mycorrhizal Associations in TerrestrialOrchids, R.S.Katiyar, G.D.Sharma and R.R.Mishra/ Effect of CarbonDioxide Enrichment on Orchids, P.Kaushik/ Effects of Nitrogen,Phosphorus, and Potassium on Growth and Flowering of Aeridesmultiflorum Roxb., L.P.Yadav and T.K.Bose/ Physiology of Flowering inOrchids, T.K.Bose and L.P.Yadav/ Floral Anthocyanin in Spathoglottisplicata (Bl.) Bijd., A.Suryanarayana, P.T.Krishnamohan, and S.M.Jorapur/Orchids for Drugs and Chemicals, S.S.Handa/ Recent Trends in OrchidBreeding, A.Abraham/ etc.-A very important feature of this book isa 66-page chart of all known chromosome numbers of Indian orchids.