PUC lecturers recruitment 2012 CET syllabus for Botany
Botany
(Subject Code- 15 A)
PAPER -1
1. Microbiology
: Viruses, bacteria, plasmids, structure and reproduction, general account of
infection and immunology, Microbes in agriculture, industry and medicine, and
air, soil and water, control of pollution using microorganisms.
2. Pathology
: Important plant diseases in India
caused by viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma, fungi and nematodes. Modes of
infection, dissemination, physiology and parasitism and methods of control,
Mechanism of action of biocides, Fungal toxins.
3.
Cryptogams : Structure and reproduction from evolutionary aspect, and
ecology and economic importance of algae, fungi, bryophytes and pteridophytes,
Principal distribution in India .
4.
Phanerogams : Anatomy of wood, secondary growth, Anatomy of C3 and C4
plants, stomatal types. Embryology, barriers to
sexual incompatibility, Seed Structure, Apomixis and Polyembryony, Palynology
and its applications. Comparision of systems of classification of angiosperms,
modern trends in biosystematics, Taxonomic and economic importance of Cycadaceae,
Pinaceae,
Genetales, Magnoliaceae, Ranunculaceae, Cruciferae,
Rosaceae, Leguminosae,
Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Dipterocarpaceae,
Umbelliferae, Asclepiadaceae, Verbenaceae, Solanaceae, Rubiaceae,
Cucurbitaceae, Compositae, Gramineae,
Palmae, Liliaceae, Musaceae and Orchidaceae.
5.
Morphogenesis : Polarity, Symmetry and totipotency, differentation and dedifferentiation
of cells and organs, factors of morphogenesis, Methodology and
applications of cell, tissues, organ and protoplast
cultures from vegetative and
reproductive parts, Somatic hybrids.
PAPER-II
1. Cell Biology : Scope and perspective general
knowledge of modern tools and techniques in the study of cytology, Prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells, structural and ultrastructural details, functions of organelles
including membranes, detailed study of mitosis and meiosis, numerical and
structural variations in chromosome and their significance, study of polytene and
lampbrush chromosomes structure, behaviour, and cytological significance.
2. Genetics and Evolution : Development of genetics
and gene concept, structure
and role of nucleic acids in protein synthesis and
reproduction, Genetic code andregulation of gene expression, gene
amplifications, mutation and evolution, Multiple factors, linkage and crossing
over, methods of gene mapping, sex chromosomes and sexlinked inheritance, male
sterility, its significance in plant breeding. Cytoplasmic inheritance,
Elements of human genetics, standard deviation and Chisquare analysis, Gene
transfer in microorganisms, Genetic engineering, Organic evolution, evidence,
mechanism and theories.
3.
Physiology and Biochemistry: Detailed study of water relations, Mineral
nutrition and ion / transport, Mineral deficiencies, Photosynthesis - mechanism
and importance, photosystems I and II, Photorespiration, Respiration and
fermentation, Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen metabolism, protein synthesis,
Enzymes, importance of secondary metabolites, Pigments as photoreceptors,
Photoperiodism, flowering. Growth substances, their chemical nature, role and
applications in agri-horticulture. Agrochemicals, Stress physiology,
Vernalisation, Fruit and seed physiology, dormancy, storage and germination of
seed, parthenocarpy, fruit ripening.
4. Ecology : Ecological factors, concept and dymanics
of community, succession,
concept of biospheres, Conservation of ecosystems,
Pollution and its control, Forest types of India , Afforestation, deforestation
and social forestry, endangered
plants.
5. Economic Botany : Origin of cultivated plants,
study of plants as sources of
food, fodder and forage, fatty oils, wood and timber,
fiber, paper, rubber, beverages, alcohol, drugs, narcotics, resins and gums,
essential oils, dyes, mucilage, insecticides and pesticides, Plant indicators,
Ornamental plants, Energy plantation.
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