Plant groups (Plant Diversity)
Week -1
1. Viruses: Discovery, general structure
2. Virus Replication
3. Economic Importance of Virus
Week -2
4. Bacteria – Discovery, General characteristics and cell structure 5. Vegetative, asexual reproduction of bacteria 6. Conjugation, Transformation and Transduction of Bacteria
Week-3
7. Economic importance of bacteria 8. General characteristics, Ecology and distribution 9.Range of thallus organization, Reproduction in algae Week-4
10. Classification of algae; 11. Morphology and life-cycles: Nostoc and Chlamydomonas 12. Morphology and life-cycles: Oedogonium and Vaucheria
Week-5
13. Morphology and life-cycles: Fucus, Polysiphonia. 14. Economic Importance: Blue green algae and higher algae 15. General characteristics, ecology and significance of Fungi
Week-6
16. Range of thallus organization in fungi, cell structure and nutrition. 17. Classification and Reproduction in fungi 18. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Rhizopus (Zygomycota)
Week-7
19. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Penicillium and Alternaria 20. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Puccinia and Agaricus 21. Economic Importance of Fungi
Week-8
22. Smbiotic Associations-Lichens: General account, reproduction and significance 23. Mycorrhiza: ectomycorrhiza and endomycorrhiza and their significance 24. Unifying features of archegoniates, Transition and Alternation of generation.
Week-9 25. General characteristics and Land adaptations of Bryophytes 26. Detailed Classification of Bryophytes 27. Range of thallus organization, Morphology, anatomy and reproduction: Marchantia and Funaria 28. Ecology of bryophytes and Economic importance of bryophytes with special mention of Sphagnum
Week -10 29. Economic Importance of bryophytes with special mention of Sphagnum 30. General characteristics, classification of Pteridophytes
Week -11 31. Early land plants (Cooksoniaand Rhynia). 32. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Selaginella
Week-12
33. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Equisetum 34. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Pteris
Week -13 35. Heterospory and seed habit, stelar evolution.. 36. Ecological and economical importance of Pteridophytes
Week-14
37. General characteristics and Detailed Classification of Gymnosperms 38. Morphology anatomy and reproduction of Cycas
Week -15 39. Morphology anatomy and reproduction of Pinus 40. Ecological and Economic Importance of Gymnosperms
Week -2
4. Bacteria – Discovery, General characteristics and cell structure 5. Vegetative, asexual reproduction of bacteria 6. Conjugation, Transformation and Transduction of Bacteria
Week-3
7. Economic importance of bacteria 8. General characteristics, Ecology and distribution 9.Range of thallus organization, Reproduction in algae Week-4
10. Classification of algae; 11. Morphology and life-cycles: Nostoc and Chlamydomonas 12. Morphology and life-cycles: Oedogonium and Vaucheria
Week-5
13. Morphology and life-cycles: Fucus, Polysiphonia. 14. Economic Importance: Blue green algae and higher algae 15. General characteristics, ecology and significance of Fungi
Week-6
16. Range of thallus organization in fungi, cell structure and nutrition. 17. Classification and Reproduction in fungi 18. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Rhizopus (Zygomycota)
Week-7
19. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Penicillium and Alternaria 20. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Puccinia and Agaricus 21. Economic Importance of Fungi
Week-8
22. Smbiotic Associations-Lichens: General account, reproduction and significance 23. Mycorrhiza: ectomycorrhiza and endomycorrhiza and their significance 24. Unifying features of archegoniates, Transition and Alternation of generation.
Week-9 25. General characteristics and Land adaptations of Bryophytes 26. Detailed Classification of Bryophytes 27. Range of thallus organization, Morphology, anatomy and reproduction: Marchantia and Funaria 28. Ecology of bryophytes and Economic importance of bryophytes with special mention of Sphagnum
Week -10 29. Economic Importance of bryophytes with special mention of Sphagnum 30. General characteristics, classification of Pteridophytes
Week -11 31. Early land plants (Cooksoniaand Rhynia). 32. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Selaginella
Week-12
33. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Equisetum 34. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Pteris
Week -13 35. Heterospory and seed habit, stelar evolution.. 36. Ecological and economical importance of Pteridophytes
Week-14
37. General characteristics and Detailed Classification of Gymnosperms 38. Morphology anatomy and reproduction of Cycas
Week -15 39. Morphology anatomy and reproduction of Pinus 40. Ecological and Economic Importance of Gymnosperms
