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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN BOTANY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
SYLLABUS FOR ALLIED BOTANY
Unit - I: Taxonomy
General outline of Bentham and Hookers system of classification Study of the range of characters and plants of economic importance in the following families: Annonaceae, Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Liliaceae.
Unit - II: Embryology
Structure of mature anther. Structure of mature ovule its types. Structure of pollengrain. Development of male gametophyte. Fertilization.
Unit - III: Plant Physiology
Absorption of water Physiological role of micro and macro elements - their deficiency symptoms Photosynthesis -- light reaction - Calvin cycle Respiration -. Glycolysis Kreb's cycle - electron transport system. Nitrogen cycle. Growth hormones - auxins gibberellins and cytokinins - their applications -Tissue culture - its significance
Unit - IV: Ecology
Ecosystem -- definition - basic components of ecosystem examples of ecosystem fresh water ecosystem. Energy flow in ecosystem trophic level. Food chain - food web. Environmental pollution. Major pollutants types of pollution air pollution. water pollution, soil pollution - control measures.
Unit - V : Genetics
Mendelism - monohybrid and dihybrid crosses - imbreeding and outbreeding.
Practical (2 hrs)1. To describe in technical terms, plants belonging to any of the families prescribed and to identify the family
Books Suggested1. General botany - Vol I & II, Ganguly A.K and Kurnar N .C, Emkay Publications, Delhi
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