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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Economic importance of fungi in nutrient cycling, decomposition, humus formation, decay and
deterioration of wood & timber. 14. Causal organisms, sysptoms and management of : late and early blight of potato, downy mildew of grapes, green ear disease of Bazra (Sorghum), apple scab, karnal bunt of wheat, rust of wheat, tikka disease of ground nut 15. Lichens: structure, reproduction and economic importance |
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