Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT-401 Course Name: Physiology of Plant growth & development |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Plant Growth: Growth concepts, Growth curves, Growth analysis. Germination and Dormancy of seeds ; factors affecting dormancy and its regulation by plant growth regulators and environmental factors. Stress Physiology: Response of plants to abiotic stresses: abiotic stress affecting plant productivity. Basic principles of crop improvement programme under stress. |
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| 2 | Plant Growth Regulators: Discovery, biosynthetic pathways, transport, influence on plant growth and mechanism of action of: Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Ethylene, Abscisic acid. | |
| 3 | Senescence and Abscission: Physiological and biochemical changes associated with senescence and abcission . Tropism: Phototropism, nature of receptors, role of hormones, Geotropism and nastism. |
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| 4 | Sensory Photobiology: Phytochromes: mechanism of phytochrome action, photomorphogenesis and cryptochromes . The Flowering Process: Photoperiodism and its significance, importance of dark periods, role of vernalization. Nature and events during flowering, florigen concept, chemical control of flowering. |
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