Syllabus of B.Sc. II year Botany in Kumaun University ~ Kumaun University Nainital

Tuesday 12 May 2015

Syllabus of B.Sc. II year Botany in Kumaun University


Syllabus of  B.Sc. II year Botany in Kumaun University

Note: For the Students taken admission in B.Sc. after 2015-16

Paper-  I   Taxonomy of Angiosperms                        M.M-33


UNIT –I

    1-  A general account of the origin and evolution of angiosperms.
    2-  Basic principles and broad outline of the classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker
        and Hutchinson.
    3-  International code of Botanical nomenclature.
    4-  Botanical gardens and herbaria.
    5-  Botanical survey of  India.


UNIT-II

Distinguishing features of the following families with special reference to the local flora.

DICOTYLEDONS: 

1-  POLYPETALAE: Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Malvaceae, Rutaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Apiaceae.

2-  MONOCHLAMUDEAE:
Euphorbiaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae.



UNIT- III

1- GAMOPETALAE: Rubiaceae, Asteraceae, Solanaceae, Acanthaceae, Verbenaceae, Lamiaceae, Apocynaceae.

2- MONOCOTYLEDONS: Orchidaceae, Liliaceae, Poaceae.

PAPER-II- ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY AND MORPHOGENESIS    M.M-33


UNIT-I

   1-  Meristems-Primary and econdary meristems, characteristics and functions.
   2-  A brief account of root, shoot and leaf anatomy.
   3-  Root-stem transition.
   4-  Secondary growth, secondary xylem, secondary phloem-structure-function, growth rings,
       sapwood, heartwood, periderm and anamolous secondary growth in Dicot, Monocot stem
       and roots.


UNIT-II

   1-  Microsporogenesis and male gametophyte.
   2-  Megasporogenesis and female gametophyte.
   3-  Pollination and fertilization, self incompatibility, double fertilization, triple fusion.
   4-  Formation of seed-Endosperm and embroyo.


UNIT-III

   1-  General concept of morphogenesis.
   2-  Seed germination and dormancy.
   3-  Seed is an unit of genetic recombination and replenishment.
   4-  Elementary movements.
   5-  Plant growth regulators-Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins and Abscissic acid.
   6-  Physiology of flowering-photoperiodism and vernalization.


PAPER-III ECOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS                          M.M-34


UNIT-I

1-  Brief  history of  ecology.
2-  Plant and environment:Principals of environments, atmosphere, light, temperature, water,
      soil and biota.
3-  Morphological, anatomical and physiological responses of plants to water (hydrophytes
      and xerophytes): temperature (thermoperiodicity and vemalization): light (heliophytes
      and sciophytes).
4-  Population: Growth curve, ecotypes and ecads.
5-  Definition  of community, structure and attributes of community: frequency, density,
      cover, life-forms and biological spectrum, ecological succession.


UNIT-II

1-  Ecosystem concept, energy flow, food chain, food web and ecological pyramids.
2-  Biogeochemical cycles-brief discussion of concept by giving examples of carbon,
      nitrogen, phosphorus and Hydrological cycle.
3-  Brief idea of biogeographical regions and vegetation types of India: Forests and
      grasslands.
4-  Preliminary idea of environmental pollution-air, water, soil, noise and Radio active
      pollutions.


UNIT-III

1-  Introduction, definition, scope and importance of statistics.
2-  Sampling: aim,  simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic
    sampling.
3-  Measures of central tendency, mean, median and mode.
4-  Classification, tabulation and graphic presentation of data.
5-  Measures of dispersion-range, standard deviation, standard error.
6-  Correlation : Correlation coefficient.
7-  Chi-square (X2 ) test.




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