Section 26 in The Bihar Civil Service (Executive Branch) and the Bihar Junior Civil Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1951
26. Botany. - An advanced knowledge of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, (prescribed for the Hons, course) both living and existing, viz.. Algae, Fungi, Bryophyla, Petrodophyta, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms with special reference to the Indian flora.
Anatomy. - Origin and development of plant issues and their distribution from ecological point of view.Ecology. - Principal types of vegetation of Bihar, their distribution and importance of vegetational study (of Hons, standard).Physiology. - A knowledge of the important physiological processes of the plant body (of the Hons, standard).Plant Pathology. - A knowledge of the important diseases of plants caused by Fungi together with the methods of control.Economy Botany. - A study of the important economic plants (included in the Hons. Course) of India and their distribution.General Biology. - A study, knowledge of the fundamentals in variation, heredity evolution, cytology, genetics and principles of plant breeding.
