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Botany
Paper 1:Fundamentals of Microbes and Non-vascular Plants
(Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens, Algae and Bryophytes)
Syllabus
Unit – 1: Origin
of life and Viruses.
1. Origin of life, Fivekingdom classification of R.H. Whittaker
2. Shape and symmetry of viruses; structure of TMV and Gemini
virus;multiplicationof TMV;
3. A general account on symptoms of plant diseases caused by Viruses.Transmissionof plant viruses and their control.
Unit – 2:Special groups of Bacteria and Eubacteria.
1. Brief account of Archaebacteria, ActinomycetesandCyanobacteria.
2. Cell structure and nutritionof Eubacteria.
3. Reproduction- Asexual (Binary fission and endospores) and bacterialrecombination (Conjugation, Transformation,Transduction).
4. A general account on symptoms of plant diseases caused by
Bacteria; Citruscanker.
1. General characteristics of fungi and Ainsworth classification
(upto classes).
2. Structure, reproductionand life history of (a)Rhizopus(Zygomycota) and (b)Puccinia (Basidiomycota).
3. Lichens- structure and reproduction; ecological and economic
importance.
Unit – 4: Algae
1. General characteristics of Algae (pigments, flagella and reserve foodmaterial);Fritsch classification (upto classes).
2. Thallus organization and life cycles in Algae.
3. Occurrence, structure, reproduction and life cycle of (a) oedogonium(Chlorophyceae)
and
(b) Polysiphonia(Rhodophyceae).
4. Economic importance of Algae.
Unit – 5:Bryophytes
1. General characteristics of Bryophytes; classification upto
classes.
2. Occurrence, morphology, anatomy, reproduction (developmental details are not needed) and life cycle of (a) Marchantia(Hepaticopsida) and (b)Funaria(Bryopsida).
3. General account on evolution of sporophytes in Bryophyta.
Botany
PAPER 1: Fundamentals of Microbes and Non-vascular Plants
(Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens, Algae and Bryophytes)
Important Questions , Mid Examination and Public Examination Papers
| Important Questions |  |
| Mid Examination 1 | |
| Mid Examination 2 | |
| Public Examination Papers 2020 | |
| Public Examination Papers 2021 | |
| Public Examination Papers 2022 | |
Botany
Paper 1:Fundamentals of Microbes and Non-vascular Plants
(Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens, Algae and Bryophytes)
Syllabus
Unit – 1: Origin
of life and Viruses.
1. Origin of life, Fivekingdom classification of R.H. Whittaker
2. Shape and symmetry of viruses; structure of TMV and Gemini
virus;multiplicationof TMV;
3. A general account on symptoms of plant diseases caused by Viruses.Transmissionof plant viruses and their control.
Unit – 2:Special groups of Bacteria and Eubacteria.
1. Brief account of Archaebacteria, ActinomycetesandCyanobacteria.
2. Cell structure and nutritionof Eubacteria.
3. Reproduction- Asexual (Binary fission and endospores) and bacterialrecombination (Conjugation, Transformation,Transduction).
4. A general account on symptoms of plant diseases caused by
Bacteria; Citruscanker.
1. General characteristics of fungi and Ainsworth classification
(upto classes).
2. Structure, reproductionand life history of (a)Rhizopus(Zygomycota) and (b)Puccinia (Basidiomycota).
3. Lichens- structure and reproduction; ecological and economic
importance.
Unit – 4: Algae
1. General characteristics of Algae (pigments, flagella and reserve foodmaterial);Fritsch classification (upto classes).
2. Thallus organization and life cycles in Algae.
3. Occurrence, structure, reproduction and life cycle of (a) oedogonium(Chlorophyceae)
and
(b) Polysiphonia(Rhodophyceae).
4. Economic importance of Algae.
Unit – 5:Bryophytes
1. General characteristics of Bryophytes; classification upto
classes.
2. Occurrence, morphology, anatomy, reproduction (developmental details are not needed) and life cycle of (a) Marchantia(Hepaticopsida) and (b)Funaria(Bryopsida).
3. General account on evolution of sporophytes in Bryophyta.
Botany
PAPER 1: Fundamentals of Microbes and Non-vascular Plants
(Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens, Algae and Bryophytes)
Important Questions , Mid Examination and Public Examination Papers
| Important Questions | |
| Mid Examination 1 | |
| Mid Examination 2 | |
| Public Examination Papers 2020 | |
| Public Examination Papers 2021 | |
| Public Examination Papers 2022 | |
