Calicut University Botany Syllabus

Can you provide me the syllabus of the B. Sc. Botany Degree Programme offered by Calicut University as I want to check it before taking admission in it?

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The syllabus of the B. Sc. Botany Degree Programme offered by Calicut University is as follows:

FIRST SEMESTER B. Sc. BOTANY DEGREE PROGRAMME

CORE COURSE 1- PLANT ANATOMY

Code: BOT1B 01T

PLANT ANATOMY


Module - I
1. Plant cell- Structure
A. Cell wall – fine structure of primary and secondary wall; cell wall thickening; Pits - simple, bordered, half bordered; Plasmodesmata their structure and function.

B. Growth of cell wall - Apposition, Intussusception
C. Extra cell wall materials - lignin, cutin, suberin, callose, wax.
D. Cell wall properties.

2. Non-living inclusions
a. Reserve food materials - carbohydrates, proteins, fats & oils
Carbohydrates - sugars & starch; Starch grains -structure, types with examples;
Proteins - Aleurone grains with examples; Fats & oils examples.
b. Secretory materials
c Waste materials - Nitrogenous – alkaloids, Non-nitrogenous- gums, resins, tannins, organic acids, essential oils
Mineral crystals - Calcium oxallate: Drusses, raphides, styloides
Calcium carbonate - cystoliths with examples

Module – II

1. Tissues :- Definition -Types
a. Meristematic tissues - classification.
i. Theories on apical organisation - Apical cell theory, Histogen theory,
Tunica corpus theory
ii. Organization of shoot apex and differentiation of tissues-
(protoderm), procambium and ground meristem should be mentioned).
iii . Kopper-Kappe theory- organization of root apex in dicots- common types with three sets of initials- in monocots – Maize type with four sets of initials
b Mature tissues- definition classification- simple, complex and secretory
i. Simple tissues – parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma, - fibres and sclereids- structure, occurrence and function.
ii. Complex tissues - Definition - Xylem & Phloem structure, origin and function
iii. Secretory tissues - glands, glandular hairs, nectaries, hydathodes, schizogenous and lysigenous ducts, resin ducts, Laticifers – articulated and non-articulated