Kalyani University Botany Honours Syllabus

Will you please provide here the syllabus of the B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE (HONOURS ) in Botany course of the Kalyani University , as I ma looking for the same ?

[Arun Vats]

As you want I am here providing you syllabus of the B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE (HONOURS ) in Botany course of the Kalyani University.

Syllabus :


PART-I
Biology & Diversity of Algae, Fungi and Bryophyta
Microbiology and Applied Microbiology ; Lichen and Plant Pathology
Practical

PART-II
Biology and diversity of Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms; Paleobotany & Palynology
Systematic of Angiosperms and Morphology & Embryology
Practical

PART-III
Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry
Genetics, Molecular Genetics and Plant Biotechnology
Anatomy , Plant Breeding & Biometry, Ecology & Environmental Botany and Natural Resources and their utilization
Practical
Practical


B.Sc. (Honours) Syllabus in Botany
Total Marks : 800
(New pattern of examination system Part -I, Part-II and Part-III
from Academic Session 2005-2006)
Part I : Theoretical 2 x 75 marks, Practical 1 x 50 marks = 200
Part II : Theoretical 2 x 75 marks, Practical 1 x 50 marks = 200
Part III : Theoretical 3 x 80 marks, Practical 2 x 80 marks = 400

PART – I
Paper I : (Full Marks :75)
Biology & Diversity of Algae, Fungi and Bryophyta
Marks Periods
Algae 25 25
Fungi 25 25
Bryophyta 25 25

ALGAE : (25 marks, 25 periods) :
1. Common features of algae (4 periods)
1.1 Habit and Habitat
1.2 Range of thallus structure
1.3 Reproduction and life cycle pattern
1.4 Origin and evolution of sex
2. Classification of algae (1 period)
2.1 Citeria 2.2 Classification by Lee (1989)
3. Cyanophyceae (4 periods)
3.1 Salient features including chromatic adaptation
3.2 Ultra Structure of cell
3.3 Heterocyst
3.4 Reproduction
3.5 Life cycle pattern of Anabaena (Asexual cycle)
3.6 Reasons for renaming the group as cyanobacteria and affinites with
Rhodophyceae

4. Chlorophyceae (3 periods)
4.1 Salient features. Life histories of Oedogonium and Coleochaete.
5. Charophyceae (2 periods)
5.1 Salient features
5.2 Mophology,reproduction &life history of Chara
6. Bacillariophyceae (2 periods)
6.1 Salient features
6.2 Cell structure
6.3 Vegetative multiplications
6.4 Auxospore formations in centrales and pennales.
7. Phaeophyceae (2 periods)
7.1 Salient features including l ife cycle patterns.
7.2 Morphology, reproduction and life cycle of Ectocarpus.
8. Rhodophyceae (2 periods)
8.1 Salient features
8.2 Morphology, reproduction and life cycle of Polysiphonia
9. Economic importance of Algae (4 periods)
9.1 Food
9.2 Fodder
9.3 Biofertilizer
9.4 Phycocolliod (agar-agar, algin, caragenin)
9.5 Diatomite
9.6 Algal-toxin
10. An elementary knowledge about algal biotechnology. (1 period)

FUNGI (25 marks – 25periods)
1. Introduction to Fungi (7 periods)
1.1 Present Status. 1.2 Ultrastructure of fungal cell. 1.3 Cell wall. 1.4 Growth
and nutrition. 1.5 Hyphal modifications and spore types. 1.6 Reproduction. 1.7 Life -
cycle patterns. 1.8 Homothallism and Heterothallism. 1.9 Parasexuality.
2. Classification of Fungi (3 periods)
2.1 Classification of Fungi (Ainsworth, 1973) upto the level of orders with
distinguishing features and examples.
3. Life Histories (7 periods)
3.1 Synchitrium. 3.2 Rhizopus. 3.3 Saccharomyces. 3.4 Ascobolus.
3.5 Polyporus. 3.6 Agaricus. 3.7 Fusarium.
4. Mushroom Cultivation (2 periods)
4.1 Cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus sp.) and its food value.
5. A brief idea of mycotoxins and its special emphasis on aflatoxin (2 periods)
6. Mycorrhiza (2 periods)
6.1 Types. 6.2 Salient features. 6.3 Role in agriculture and forestry.
7. Role of fungi as decomposers and bioremediation. (2 periods)

BRYOPHYTE THEORY (25 Marks, 25 Periods)
1. General Accounts : (2 periods)
1.1 General Characters. 1.2 Habitats. 1.3 Amphibian nature.
2. Classification : (2 periods)
2.1 Traditional and modern co ncepts (Smith, Cambel ) in classification of
bryophytes, with special reference to Shaw and Goffinet, 2000.
3. Life History : (9 periods)
3.1 Riccia. 3.2 Marchantia. 3.3 Anthoceros. 3.4 Sphagnum. 3.5
Funaria.3.6 Comparative studies of morphology and an atomy of gametophyte and
sporophyte structures of different taxa and their broad interrelationship.
4. Phylogeny : (9 periods)
4.1 Origin of Bryophytes (Algal and Pteridophytean hypothesis). 4.2 Origin of
alternation of generation (Homologous and Antith etic theories). 4.3 Evolution of
sporophyte (Progressive and Regressive concepts).
5. Importance of bryophytes as fuel and medicine. (3 periods)
5.1 Role of bryophytes in pollution management and plant succession.

Paper II :
Microbiology and Applied Microbiology ; Lichen and Plant Pathology
(Full Marks : 75)
Marks Periods
Microbiology and Applied Microbiology 40 40
Lichen 5 2
Plant Pathology 25 25

MICROBIOLOGY (Marks – 25, Periods – 25 )
VIRUS (10 marks – 10 periods)
1. Salient features and nature of viruses. (1 period)
2. Virus types according to capsid symmetry and nucleic acid . (1 period)
3. Structural organization and chemistry of TMV, T4 and Influenza viruses.
(2 period)
4. Replication/multiplication of T4 – lytic cycle, and phage – lysogenic cycle.
(2 periods)
5. Outline of plant virus transmission and its control . (2 periods)
6. Brief idea about – Viroids, Prion and HIV. (2 periods)

BACTERIA (15 marks – 15 periods)
1. History of bacteriology (1 period)
2. Salient features of Archeaea and Eubacteria (1 period)
3. Structure and functions of a typical bacterial cell. (1 period)
3.1 Capsule and slime layer.
3.2 Cell wall – physical and chemical nature.
3.3 Cell membrane.
3.4 Cell appendages – flagella, pilli and fimbriae.
3.5 Cell inclusions.
3.6 Nucleoid and plasmid.

4. Endospore (formation and structure) and Exospore (mention only)
5. Reproduction (1 period)
5.1 Brief idea about binary fission. 5.2 Budding.


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