Paper II Microbiology, Mycology and Plant Pathology
Unit-1
Microbiology: Meaning and Scope, history and
development in the field of microbiology.
Eubacteria: general account, occurrence, morphology (structure, shapes),
flagella, capsule, nutritional
types, endospore, reproduction (binary fission, transformation, conjugation,
transduction, economic and biological importance.
Cyanobacteria: Oscill atoria and Nostoc- occurrence, morphology, reproduction and importance.
Mycoplasma: occurrence, morphology, reproduction and importance.
Unit-2
Virus: General characteristics and importance. Structure of TMV and Pox virus, Structure and
multiplication of Bacteriophage·
Fungi: General characters, occurrence,
thallus organization, reproduction, economic importance. Classification
of fungi (Alexopoulos and Ainsworth's).
Plant
diseases: Biotic
and abiotic diseases, important symptoms caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses
and MLOs (blights, mildews- downy and powdery, rusts, smuts,
canker, mosaic, little leaf, galls etc.
Unit-3
Brief
account, structore, importance and life history and/or disease cycle and
control of the following: Albugo and white rust; Sclerospora and
Downy mildew/Green ear disease of Bajra;
Aspergillus; Claviceps and Ergot; Peziza.
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