West Bengal State University Botany Syllabus

I am doing B. Sc. Degree Course in Botany from West Bengal State University and I want the syllabus of it as my exams are near so can you please provide me the syllabus, it is very urgent or you can tell me the link of website from which I can download the syllabus?

Can you provide me the syllabus of B. Sc. Degree (Botany) (Honours/Advance) Program offered by West Bengal State University?

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The syllabus of B. Sc. Degree (Botany) (Honours/Advance) Program offered by West Bengal State University is as follows:

Paper - I Theoretical 100 Marks
(Code - 121101)


Algae
1. General account: - 1.1 Thallus organization; 1.2 Ultra-structure of Plastid, Flagella and Flagellar roots; 1.3 Ultra-structure of Heterocyst and Nitrogen fixation; 1.4 Origin and Evolution of sex, and Alternation of Generations.
2. Classification: - 2.1 Classification by Bold & Wynne (1996) - upto class with characters and examples; 2.2 Salient features of Chlorophyceae, Charophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae.
3. Cyanophyceae: - 3.1 Ultra-structure of cell; 3.2 Reproduction; 3.3 Systematic position in the biological world.
4. Bacillariophyceae [Diatoms]: - 4.1 Salient feature and Cell structure; 4.2 Reproduction & Auxospore formation.
5. Thallus organization, Reproduction (including the development of zygote) and Alternation of Generations in - Oedogonium, Chara, Vaucheria, Laminaria and Polysiphonia.
6. Economic Importance: - 6.1 Food, Fodder & Phycocolloid (Agar-Agar, Algin & Carrageenan); 6.2 Diatomite; 6.3 Production of SCP & Biofertilizer; 6.4 Algal toxins.


Fungi & Lichen
1. General account: -
1.1 Habits;
1.2 Ultra-structure of cell;
1.3 Spore forms and spore liberation;
1.4 Homothallism & Heterothallism;
1.5 Anamorph, Teleomorph, Degeneration of sex and Parasexuality;
1.6 Aflatoxins;
1.7 Mycorrhiza salient features, and role in agriculture and forestry.

2. Classification: -
2.1 Concept of Kingdoms - Protists/Protozoa, Stramenopila and Fungi/Mycota;
2.2 Classification of kingdom Fungi & Stramenopila, following
Hawksworth et al. (1995), upto phylum with characters and examples.

3. Representatives of diverse groups: -
3.1 Reproduction, Life cycle pattern and systematic position (following any system prescribed after 1975) of the following genera - Synchytrium, Rhizopus, Ascobolus and Agaricus

4. Lichen: -
4.1 Types;
4.2 Reproduction;
4.3 Economic importance.
4.4 Role of Lichens in plant succession and pollution monitoring.

5. Economic & Medicinal Importance: -
5.1 Mushrooms - Food value & binomials of the Indian cultivars of the genera - Agaricus, Calocybe, Pleurotus and Volvariella;
5.2 Fungal sources and uses of - SCP, Bakers yeast, Ethanol, Citric acid, Tryptophan, -Amylase, Riboflavin, Griseofulvin, Nystatin and Cyclosporin;
5.3 Medical Mycology - Definition of Mycosis; Causal Organisms and Antibiotic used in the mycoses as