Embryology of Angiosperms

By Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Ganai | Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar

Learners enrolled: 618

Embryology of angiosperms is a course which reflects the various events which are met in during the sexual reproduction of angiosperm plants. This course maps the sequence of all important developmental events such as flower formation, development of male and female gametophyte, pollination, pollen-pistil interaction, double fertilization, endosperm development, embryo development, seed and fruit formation, seed dispersal and seed dormancy. This course encompasses all these above mentioned topics which string together into a story explaining how angiosperms bring about the formation of sexual off-springs and how the gametophytic and sporophytic generations alternate in them.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	6 weeks
Category :	Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	23 Aug 2021
End Date :	02 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2021
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Course layout

Development of Flower as a Modified Shoot
Structure of Flower & its Variations
Structure of Stamen & Male Gametophyte
Structure of Carpel & Female Gametophyte
Angiospermic Ovule: Structure & Types
Types of Female Gametophyte in Angiosperms
Pollination: its Types & Floral Adaptations to them
Pollinators: Attractions & Rewards for them
Co-evolution of Flowers & Insects
Sexual Incompatibility
Pollen Pistil Interactions
Double Fertilization: Process, Mechanism & Significance
Endosperm: Development, Structure & Types
Embryogenesis: Development of embryo in monocots and dicots
Seed: A unit of genetic recombination and replenishment
Structure of Angiosperm: Seed & Embryo
Fruit Development & Maturation
Evolution of Fruits & Seeds in Relation to their Dispersal Agents
Seed Dormancy (Types) & Seed Germination
Vegetative propagation: natural means and methods
Vegetative propagation: Artificial Methods and their economic values

Books and references

1. Bhojwani, S.S. and Bhatnagar, S.P. (2011). The Embryology of Angiosperms, Vikas Publishing House. Delhi. 5th edition.

2. Johri, B.M. l (1984). Embryology of

Angiosperms, Springer-Verlag, Netherlands.

3. Maheshwari, P. 1950. An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms. Mc Graw Hill, New York.

4. Pandey, B.P. (2010). Modern practical botany volume II.S. Chand & Company Ltd. New Delhi.

5. Pandey, B.P. (2001). Plant Anatomy. S. Chand and Company, New Delhi.

6. Pandey, S.N. and Chadha. 1996. Embryology. Vikas Publishing house, New Delhi.

7. Raghavan, V. (2000). Developmental

Biology of Flowering plants, Springer, Netherlands.

8. Shivanna, K.R. (2003). Pollen Biology and

Biotechnology. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. Delhi.

9. Singh, V., Pande, P. C. and Jain, D.K. 2010. Structure, Development and Reproduction in Angiosperms. Rastogi Publications, Meerut, India.

Instructor bio

Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Ganai

Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar

Dr Khursheed Ahmed Ganaie holds a PhD and a master’s degree in Botany from the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir. Having qualified NET (JRF) in 2000, he has more than 20 years of teaching experience and currently teaches postgraduate and undergraduate students at the Department of Botany, Islamia College of Science and Commerce (ICSC), Srinagar.

Dr Khursheed has more than 20 publications to his credit in journals of national and international repute. Having guided several MPhil and PhD students, he has been heading the Department of Botany, ICSC, since August 2017 and is the Chairman of PG and UG Boards of Studies in the college, apart from being a member on the Academic Advisory Committee and a member convener of various committees of the college.