GENERIC ELECTIVE

PAPER – I Biodiversity (Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniate)

(Credits : Theory – 4, Practical -2)

THEORY
Lectures : 60
Full Marks : 75 Time : 03
Hrs.

Three short and five long questions, each carrying 20 marks, are to be set covering the
whole syllabus out of which four questions are to be answered.

UNIT 1 : MICROBES
- 10
Viruses – Discovery, general structure, & nature
Bacteria - Discovery, general characteristics,cell structure, and Economic
Improtance.

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UNIT 2 : ALGAE
- 10
General characteristics, Morphology and life cycles of Nostoc , chlamydomonas
, chara, Batrachospermum

UNIT 3 : FUNGI
- 10
General charactgeristics, Morphology and life cycles of albugo, puccinia,
alternatia. Lichens- General account.

UNIT 4 : BRYOPHYTES
- 10
General characteristics, Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Marchantia
and Funaria.
UNIT 5 : PTERIDOPHYTES
- 10
General characteristics, Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Selaginella,
Pteris.
Stealer evolution.
UNIT 6 : GYMNOSPERMS
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General characteristics, Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Pinus. & its
Economic Importance

PRACTICAL

Full Marks : 20

1. Models of Viruses
2. Types of Bacteria form slides/ photographs/Slides
3. Study of vegetative and reproductive structures by preparation of temporary
slides from 2 to 6 units .
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4. Spotting
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5. Record
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6. Viva voce
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GENERIC ELECTIVE
PAPER – II PLANT ECOLOGY AND TAXONOMY
(Credits : Theory – 4, Practical -2)

THEORY
Lectures : 60
Full Marks : 75 Time : 03
Hrs.

Three short and five long questions, each carrying 20 marks, are to be set covering the
whole syllabus out of which four questions are to be answered.

UNIT - I ECOLOGY
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1. Introduction –
 2. Ecological adaptation - Hydrophytes Xerophytes
3. Plant communities - succession – process & types
4. Eco-system Structure ,types, - pond, Grassland, Energy flow,
Trophic organisation, Food chain, Food web, Ecological pyramid.
5. Pollution - Air & Water – Cause & Control.
UNIT - II TAXONOMY -
35
1. Introduction, Identification, classification, nomenclature.
2. Taxonomic aids – herbarium & Botanical Gardens.
3. Taxonomic hierarchy
4. Principles & rules of ICBN
5. Classification - Benthom & Hooker And Hutchinson’s System
6. Study of following families
Apocynaceae, Solanaceae, Poaceae.

PRACTICAL
Full Marks : 20

1. Study of morphological adaptations of hydrophytes and xerophytes.

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2. Determination of minimal quadrate size for the study of herbaceous vegetation
in the college campus by species area curve method.
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3. Study of vegetative and floral characters of the families included in syllabus with
floral diagram, floral formula and systematic position.

4. Spotting
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5. Record
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6. Viva voce
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GENERIC ELECTIVE
 PAPER – III PLANT Anatomy Embryology, Economic Botany
(Credits : Theory – 4, Practical -2)

THEORY
Lectures : 60
Full Marks : 75 Time : 03
Hrs.

Three short and five long questions, each carrying 20 marks, are to be set covering the
whole syllabus out of which four questions are to be answered.

UNIT – 1 ANATOMY
- 20
1. Meristematic Tissues - apical, lateral, Intercalary Meristem & simple
complex tissues
2. Anomalous secondary growth in Boerhaavia & Dracaena

UNIT – 2 EMBRYOLOGY
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1. Outlines of life cycle of an angiospermic plant
2. Types of ovules
3. Types of Embryo Sacs, Development of Polygonum type
4. Double Fertilization
5. Endosperm & Polyembryony

UNIT – 3 ECONOMIC & BOTANY

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Morphology & uses of following

1. Cereal – Wheat
2. Legumes – Gram
3. Fibre - Cotton
4. Timber – Seeshum, Teak
5. Oil – Mustard, Sunflower
6. Medicinal – Tulsi, Neem & Amla

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 PRACTICAL
Full Marks : 20

1. Identification of Tissues ( parenchyma, collenchymas and sclerenchyma )

2. Temporary mounts of section of anatomical specimens
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3. Embryo dissection / Photograph of ovules
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4. Plant identification & uses
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5. Spotting
- 5
6. Record
- 4
7. Viva voce
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GENERIC ELECTIVE
PAPER – IV PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , CYTOLOGY & GENETICS, BIO-
TECHNOLOGY
(Credits : Theory – 4, Practical -2)

THEORY
Lectures : 60
Full Marks : 75 Time : 03
Hrs.

Three short and five long questions, each carrying 20 marks, are to be set covering the
whole syllabus out of which four questions are to be answered.

UNIT – I -
25
1. Transpiration - Mechanism & significance
2. Ascent of Sap – Root Pressure transpiration pull, theory
3. Photosynthesis – Photophosphorylation , C3,C4 Cycle
4. Respiration – Glycolysis , TCA Cycle.
5. Growth Hormone – Auxin, Gibbrelline

UNIT – II -
25
1. Structure of Cytoplasmic Cell Organelles – Mitochondria , Chloroplast,
Ribosome
2. Cell Division – Mitosis, Meiosis,
3. Principles of inheritance , Mendel’s Law
4. Complimentary Genes & epistasis
5. Gene – Mutation & Polyploidy

UNIT – III -5
1. Plant Tissue Culture – History, Requirement, Technique & Application
2.
PRACTICAL
Full Marks : 20

1. To perform physiological Experiment of syllabus

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2. Cytological Slide preparation
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3. Photographs from Bio- technology
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4. Spotting
- 5
5. Record
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6. Viva voce
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