Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT-101 Course Name: Algae & Fungi |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Criteria for algal classification (pigments, reserve food, flagella etc.) and their taxonomic importance. 2. Comparative account of important systems of classification and recent trends. 3. Thallus organization in algae and evolutionary trends. 4. Economic importance of algae as food, feed, uses in industries etc and algal biofertilizers. |
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| 2 | 5. Biodiversity of algae in different habitats (terrestrial, freshwater and marine). 6. Ecological diversity of algae in unusual habitats (thermal, psychrophilic, subaerial, symbioticetc.). 7. Dynamics and consequences of algal blooms and red tides (Freshwater and Marine). Algae as major components of phytoplankton. 8. Morphological features and life cycle patterns of major divisions with suitable examples (Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Xanthophyta, Bacillariophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta). |
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| 3 | 9. General characters of fungi: Thallus organization, nutrition and reproduction. 10. Classification of fungi by Ainsworth & Bisby (1983), Alexopoulus et. Al (1996).- phylogeny of fungi- characters used in classification. 11. General account of Myxomycota, mastigomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Mitosporic gungi. Different kinds of spores and their dispersal. 12. Concept of Homothallism, Heterothallism, alternation of generations and parasexualuality. |
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| 4 | 9. General characters of fungi: Thallus organization, nutrition and reproduction. 10. Classification of fungi by Ainsworth & Bisby (1983), Alexopoulus et. Al (1996).- phylogeny of fungi- characters used in classification. 11. General account of Myxomycota, mastigomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Mitosporic gungi. Different kinds of spores and their dispersal. 12. Concept of Homothallism, Heterothallism, alternation of generations and parasexualuality. |
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