Plant groups (Plant Diversity)

By Dr. Arup Kumar Mitra | St. Xavier’s College,( Autonomous) Kolkata

Learners enrolled: 222

The CC- Botany 1 entitled Plant Groups is actually a course on basic plant diversity and comprises of 40 modules. It gives a detailed account of different plant groups like virus, bacteria, algae, fungi including and mycorrhizae, archegoniates including bryophytes, pteridophytes and also the spermatophyte in the form gymnosperms. Each group have detailed discussion of their classification, ecological importance, classification and phylogeny, certain important type genera and also their economic importance. Thus by studying these 40 modules, a student should be able to understand and appreciate the major plant groups from microbes to gymnosperms which form the basis of plant sciences. Students from any branch of biological sciences will find these modules relevant and useful for their higher studies.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	15 weeks
Category :	Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	04 Jul 2022
End Date :	15 Oct 2022
Enrollment Ends :	15 Sep 2022
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week -1

1. Viruses: Discovery, general structure

2. Virus Replication

3. Economic Importance of Virus

Week -2
4. Bacteria – Discovery, General characteristics and cell structure

5. Vegetative, asexual reproduction of bacteria

6. Conjugation, Transformation and Transduction of Bacteria

Week-3
7. Economic importance of bacteria

8. General characteristics, Ecology and distribution

9. Range of thallus organization, Reproduction in algae

Week-4
10. Classification of algae;

11. Morphology and life-cycles: Nostoc and Chlamydomonas

12. Morphology and life-cycles: Oedogonium and Vaucheria

Week-5
13. Morphology and life-cycles: Fucus, Polysiphonia.

14. Economic Importance: Blue green algae and higher algae

15. General characteristics, ecology and significance of Fungi

Week-6
16. Range of thallus organization in fungi, cell structure and nutrition.

17. Classification and Reproduction in fungi

18. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Rhizopus (Zygomycota)

Week-7
19. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Penicillium and Alternaria

20. General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle: Puccinia and Agaricus

21. Economic Importance of Fungi

Week-8
22. Smbiotic Associations-Lichens:

General account, reproduction and significance

23. Mycorrhiza: ectomycorrhiza and endomycorrhiza and their significance

24. Unifying features of archegoniates, Transition and Alternation of generation.

Week-9

25. General characteristics and Land adaptations of Bryophytes

26. Detailed Classification of Bryophytes

27. Range of thallus organization, Morphology, anatomy and reproduction: Marchantia and Funaria

28. Ecology of bryophytes and Economic importance of

bryophytes with special mention of Sphagnum

Week -10

29. Economic Importance of bryophytes with special mention of Sphagnum

30. General characteristics, classification of Pteridophytes

Week -11

31. Early land plants (Cooksoniaand Rhynia).

32. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Selaginella

Week-12
33. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Equisetum

34. Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Pteris

Week -13

35. Heterospory and seed habit, stelar evolution..

36. Ecological and economical importance of Pteridophytes

Week-14
37. General characteristics and Detailed Classification of Gymnosperms

38. Morphology anatomy and reproduction of Cycas

Week -15

39. Morphology anatomy and reproduction of Pinus

40. Ecological and Economic Importance of Gymnosperms

Books and references

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2. Carter, John B. and Saunders, Venetia A. Virology: Principles and Applications, John Wiley & Sons Inc, USA, 2007.

3. Dimmock, N. J., Easton, A. J. and Leppard, K. N. Introduction to Modern Virology, 6th Ed., Blackwell Publishing Ltd, USA, 2007.

4. Flint, Jane, Racaniello, Vincent R., Rall, Glenn F. and Skalka, Anna Marie with Lynn W. Enquist. Principles of Virology, 4th Ed., ASM Press, Washington DC, USA, 2015.

5. Prescott,L, Harley,J and Klein,D, Microbiology(2008), McGraw hill Co.Ltd

6. Jeffrey c. Pommerville; Alcamo’s Fundamentals of Microbiology (2007) Jones and Bartlett Publishers

7. Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess; Foundations in Microbiology (2008) McGraw hill Co.Ltd

8. Chisti, Y. 2007 Biodiesel from microalgae. Biotechnology Advances. 25: 294–306.

9. Dajana J. Kovač et al., Algae in food and feed, Food and Feed Research 40 (1), 21-31, 2013

10. Garima Goswami, Vinal Bang, Shubham Agarwal, Diverse Application of Algae ,International Journal of Advance Research In Science And Engineering IJARSE, Vol. No.4, Special Issue (01), March 2015 ISSN-2319-8354(E), http://www.ijarse.com .

11. Alexopoulos, C.J., C.W. Mims, and M. Blackwell. 1996.Introductory Mycology. Fourth Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.

12. Barron, G.L. 1977.The Nematode-Destroying Fungi.Canadian Biological Publications, Guelph,

13. Vashishta,B.R, Sinha A.K , Kumar Adarsh( 2011).Botany for degree students Part III ,S.Chand and Company Ltd.

14. Spore, K.R. The Morphology of Pteridophyte, Latest Ed. , Huchinson & Co. Ltd.

15. Parihar, N.S. The Biology & Morphology of Pteridophytes (2nd ed.), 1989, Central Book Distributors.

16. Bieleski, R. L., and M. D. Wilcox. 2009. Araucariaceae. Dunedin, New Zealand: International Dendrology Society.

17. Burns, R. M., and B. H. Honkala. 1990. Silvics of North America, Vol. 1, Conifers. Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 654. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture.

18. Debreczy, Z., and I. Rácz. 2006. Conifers around the world. 2 vols. Budapest: DendroPress.

Instructor bio

Dr. Arup Kumar Mitra

St. Xavier’s College,( Autonomous) Kolkata

Dr. Arup Kumar Mitra is a Post graduate and Ph.D from University of Calcutta, Post Doctoral Experience from South Bank University, London. Presently working as an Associate Professor,P.G.Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College. Has more than 23 years of teaching experience and is also the founder Head of the same department. He has presented 45 papers in different national and International Seminars. Has written 34 books on Biology, Botany, Environmental Science and Microbiology. Has published 81 papers in different National and international Peer reviewed journals.