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Paper III- Biology & Diversity of Lower Plants Cryptogams


Unit I

Phycology : Algae in diversified habitats(terrestrial, fresh water marine )  thallus organization cell ultrastructure reproduction  ( vegetative asexual and sexual) Criteria for classification of algae, pigments, reserve food, flagella, classification.Salient features of protochlorphyta, chlorophyta. Charophyta, Xanthophyta. bacilariophyta Phaeophyta and rhodophyta: with special reference to microcystis hydrodityon Drapemaldipsis Cosmarium Algal Bloom Algal Biofertilizer . Algae as food feed and use in industry .

Unit II 

Fungi, cell ultrastructure. unicellular and multicellular organization cell- wall composition. nutrition (saprobic, biotrophic, symbiosis )  heterothallism, heterokaryosis. parasexuality, recent trends in classification   Phylogeny of fungi. general account of mustigomycotina. Zygomycotina Ascomycotina, Basidiomycotina, heteromycotina, with special reference to Pilobolus Chaetomium, Morchella Malampsora Polyporus Drechslera & Phoma, fungi in industry medicine and as food fungal diseases in plants and humans, Mycorrhizae fungi as biocontrol agen

Unit III

 Bryophyta Morphology, structure. reproduction and life history distribution, classification, general account of Marchantiales, jungermaniales. Anthocerotales. Sphagnales. Funariales and Polytricales with special referenc to Plagiochasma Notothylus Polytrichum economic and ecological importance

 Unit IV

Pteridophyta Morphology.anatomy and reproduction: classification evoluion of stele. Heterospory and origin of seed habit genral account . of fossil Periodophyta  introduction to Psilplosida lycopsida Sphenopasida  and pteropsida: with special referenc to lycopodium Gleichaia Pteris, Isoetes & Ophioglossum.

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