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what is the syllabus for bsc ii yr botany from ou

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Here is the syllabus for B.Sc.botany:

SEMESTER I
BIODIVERSITY I (Bacteria, Algae, Fungi and Viruses)
UNIT I: Origin and Evolution of Biodiversity
General account on Darwin’s theory of evolution; The evolution of populations; Concepts of species; Mechanism of speciation.
Three Domains of life–Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota;
Evolutionary relationship among the three domains.
UNIT II: Bacteriology
Ultra structure of bacterial cell
Comparison of Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Gram positive and Gram negative Bacteria
Bergey's Classification of Bacteria
Shapes of bacteria
Reproduction- vegetative, asexual, sexual (conjugation, transformation and transduction)
Bacterial genome and plasmid
Economic importance of Bacteria
UNIT III: Phycology
Cyanobacteria: Cell structure, thallus organization,
Structure and life history of Nostoc and Anabaena.
Outlines of Fritschs classification of algae
Types of alternation of generation
Range of vegetative and reproductions in Chlorophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae
Important features of life cycle of Oedogonium, Vaucheria, Ectocarpus, and Polysiphonia
Economic importance of Algae
UNIT IV: Mycology
General characters and classification of Fungi
Range of vegetative structure and reproduction in fungi
Important features of life cycle of Pythium, Erysiphe, Aspergillus, Puccinia, Agaricus, and Alternaria.
General account of Lichens
Mycorrhizae,
UNIT V: Virology
Discovery of Virus
Replication, lytic (T4 phage) and Lysogenic cycle (Lambda phage);
Types-DNA virus (coliphage T32), RNA virus (TMV), Retro virus (HIV);
Virioids and Prions .

SEMESTER II
BIODIVERSITY II (Archegoniatae) AND PALAEOBOTANY

UNIT I: BRYOLOGY
General characteristic of Bryophytes
Classification of Bryophytes (Proskauer, 1957)
Distribution, Structure (Morphological and anatomical), reproduction, life cycle and affinities of following: Marchantia (Hepaticopsida), Anthoceros (Anthocerotopsida), Funaria (Bryopsida)
Economic importance of Bryophytes .

UNIT II: PTERIDOLOGY
General account of Pteridophytes
Origin, Telome theory
General Classification
Evolution of stele,
Heterospory and Seeds habit
Life cycle of Psilotum, Selaginella, Equisetum and Marsilea.

UNIT III: GYMNOSPERM
General account,
Classification of Gymnosperms (Sporne’s, 1965)
Morphology and Anatomy of Cycas, Pinus and Gnetum.
Economic importance of Gymnosperms.

UNIT IV: REPRODUCTION IN GYMNOSPERM
Reproduction of Cycas, Pinus and Gnetum.
Affinities of Gymnosperms with Pteridophytes and Angiosperms.

UNIT V: PALAEOBOTANY
Geological time scale
Fossil types and their formation,
General account of dominant fossil flora of different ages,
Palaeobotany in relation to exploration of fossil fuels.


SEMESTER III
MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY AND ANGIOSPERMIC TAXONOMY

UNIT I: VEGETATIVE MORPHOLOGY
Plant Habit
Root: Types, Modification for Storage, physiological and mechanical purposes.
Stem: Habit, types modification of stem for food, mechanical and underground modification of stem.
Leaves: Types, phyllotaxy, Venation, lamina; parts, shapes and modifications, leaf surface features and appendages.
Fruits: Structure, types and classification with examples
Detail Seed structure: dicot and monocot, albuminous and exalbuminous.

UNIT II: FLORAL MORPHOLOGY
Types of inflorescence and specialized inflorescence
Flower: Flower as a modified shoot
Detailed structure of flowers
Floral parts, arrangement, relative position, numeric plan, cohesion and adhesion of floral parts,
Types of aestivation and placentation
Floral diagram and floral formulae

UNIT III: PLANT ANATOMY-TISSUES
Classification and structure of tissues;
Simple tissue: Structure occurrence and function (parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma)
Complex tissues Definition Structure, Origin and function (Xylem & Phloem, tracheary elements and Sieve elements)
Secretory tissues: (glands, glandular hairs, nectaries, hydathodes, schizogenous and lysigenous ducts, resin ducts, mucilage ducts, kinoveins, laticifers)
Vascular bundle: Types (conjoint, collateral, bi-collateral, open closed, radial, concentric amphicribal and amphivasal.)
Stomatal complex

UNIT IV: PLANT ANATOMY-STEMS AND ROOTS
Shoots: Theories on apical organisation (Apical cell theory, Histogen theory, Tunica-corpus theory)
Shoot chimeras
Arrangement of primary tissues in the Dicots and Monocots stem and leaves
Secondary growth and anomalous secondary growth (Amaranthus, Mirabilis and Dracaena.)
Roots: Organization of root apex (apical cell theory, Korper-kappe theory)
Root cap;
Arrangement of primary tissues in the Dicots and Monocots roots
Secondary growth in roots

UNIT V: ANGIOSPERMIC TAXONOMY
Principles of systematic
Concept of species, genus and family
Nomenclature
Overview on types of classification; Sexual, natural, phylogenetical and modern system of classification
Comparative study of classification systems of
i. Bentham and Hooker,
ii. Engler and Prantle
iii. and Hutchinson.
Taxonomic studies of the following families (Bentham and Hooker)
Dicots: Rununculaceae, Malvaceae, Leguminaceae, Compositaceae, Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae
Monocots: Orchidaceae, Gramminae .



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what is the syllabus for bsc ii yr botany from ou

Hi there,

The Syllabus for Botany in OU is revised and it can be found at OU world.

Check this link:

http://forum.ouworld.net/index.php?topic=85.0

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