Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT -401 Course Name: Plant Physiology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Plant-water Relations: Importance of water to plant life; physical properties of water; Imbibition,
Diffusion, Osmosis and Plasmolysis; absorption and transport of water; transpiration-types, physiology of
stomata, factors affecting transpiration, importance of transpiration. Mineral Nutrition: Essential macro and micro elements; criteria of essentiality of elements; Role of essential elements; mineral uptake; deficiency symptoms. Transport of Organic Substances: Mechanism of phloem transport; source-sink relationship; factors affecting translocation |
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| 2 | Seed dormancy; Plant movements; Concept of photoperiodism; Physiology of flowering; Florigen
concept; Physiology of senescence; Fruit ripening. Growth and Development: Definitions; phases of growth and development. Plant Hormones:Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Abscissic acid and Ethylene, history of their discovery, mechanism of action. Photo-morphogenesis:phytochromes and their discovery, physiological role and mechanism of action. |
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