Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT-102 Course Name: Bryophytes & Pteridophytes |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. General characteristics features of Bryophytes. Classification of Bryophytes upto classes, General account of structure and development of gametophyte, sporophyte of Marchantiales, Jungermanniales and Anthcerotales. 2. General account of structure and development of gametophyte and sporophyte of Sphagnales, Funariales and Polytrichales. |
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| 2 | 3. Regulation of protonemal differentiation and bud formation. 4. Biology of reproduction- In Vitro regulation of gametangia formation: effect of physical and chemical factors, Cytology of Bryophytes, Apogamy and Apospory. 5. Ecological importance of bryophytes: Bryophytes as indicators of pollution and minerals; role of Bryophytes in succession |
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| 3 | 6. General characteristics of Pteridophytes and their classification 7. Comparative morphology and reproduction of the following: Psilophytales (Rhynia, Zosterophyllum), Psilotales (Psilotum), Lycopodiales (Lycopodium, Selaginella), Lepidodendrales (Lepidodendron), Sphenophyllales (Equisetum) |
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| 4 | 8. Comparative morphology and reproduction of the following :
Ophioglossales (Ophioglossum, Botrychium), Marattiales (Marattia, Angiopteris),
Osmundales, Filicales (Pteris, Dryopteris),Marsileales and Salviniales 9. Economic and Ecological significance of Pteridophyte in succession. |
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