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July 11th, 2014, 11:05 AM
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Re: Syllabus of Education Common Entrance Test of Biological Sciences (Botany)

As you want to get the syllabus of Education Common Entrance Test of Biological Sciences (Botany) so here it is for you:

A) Branches of Botany:
Virology, Phycology, Mycology, Lichenology, Bryology, Pteridology, Palaeobotany, Histology, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Ecology, Taxonomy, Embryology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Biotechnology, Microbiology.

B) Classification of Plant Kingdom:
• Classification of plant kingdom and salient features of major groups (Algae, Fungi, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms & Angiosperms)
• Bentham & Hooker’s and Engler & Prantle’s systems of classifications ; Plant diversity in Angiosperm families – Annonaceae, Malvaceae, Capparidaceae, Rutaceae, Fabaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Apiaceae, Rubiaceae, Asteraceae, Sapotaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Convolvulaceae, Acanthaceae,Lamiaceae, Amarantaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Orchidaceae, Liliaceae, Palmae and Poaceae.

C) Microbiology:
• Structure, replication and transmission of viruses and Mycoplasma ; Diseases caused by viruses in plants and humans.
• Structure, nutrition and reproduction of bacteria ; useful bacteria , bacterial diseases of plants and Humans.
• Structure, reproduction, life history and systematic position of Volcvox, Oedogonium,Chara, Vaucheria, Ectocarpus, and Polysiphonia ; General account of Bacillariophyceae & Economic importance of algae.
• Structure, reproduction, life history and systematic position of Albugo, Mucor, Pencillium, Peziza, Puccinia, and Alternaria – plant diseases caused by Albugo, Puccinia and Alternaria
• Structure, reproduction and economic importance of lichens.

D) Cell Biology:
• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; structures and functions of cell organelles.
• Cell division – mitosis and meiosis

E) Tissue organization and growth:
• Tissues and tissue systems in plants ; Histological organization of apical meristems;Stellar evolution in Pteridophytes; 1
• Primary structure and secondary growth in roots and stems of dicots and monocots; abnormal secondary growth ; internal structure of dicot and monocot leaves in relation to photosynthesis and water stress.

F) Physiology:
• Water relations of plants: Importance of water to plants; physical properties of water; Diffusion and Osmosis; Absorption and transport of water; Transpiration – physiology of stomata.
• Nutrition in plants: Autotrophism, heterotrophism and types ; Absorption of mineral elements by plants ; essential macro and micro elements and their role.
• Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and regulating factors.
• Nitrogen metabolism: Biology of nitrogen fixation; importance of nitrate reductase and regulation; ammonium assimilation ; Protein synthesis; ID, 2D and 3D structure of proteins.
• Lipid metabolism: Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids; fatty acid biosynthesis; 6 – oxidation.
• Growth and differentiation: Seed germination and dormancy- influencing factors; kinetics of growth; plant hormones and mechanisms of action ; phytochromes and their role ; fruit development and ripening.
• Respiration: types, mechanism and controlling factors.

G) Plant reproduction:
• Types of reproduction — vegetative, asexual and sexual ; evolution of sporophyte in Bryophytes ; Heterospory and seed habit in Pteridophytes.
• Flower as a modified shoot; pollen-pistil interaction ; self incompatibility.
• Microsporogenesis ; Megasporogenesis -Types of embryosacs; development of Mono-, bi- and tetrasporic types.
• Endosperm types and development.
• Development of dicot and monocot embryos; polyembryony.

H) Plant resources and their utilization:
• Rice, wheat maize, potato, sugarcane, cotton, jute, G’nut, mustard, coconut, Teak, rosewood, sandalwood, Terminalia catapa, tea, coffee, rubber, spices and medicinal plants.

I) Plants and Environment:
• Atmosphere (gaseous composition), water (properties of water cycle), light (global radiation & photosynthetically active radiation), temperature, soil (soil profile, physico- chemical properties), and biota.
• Morphological, anatomical and physiological responses of plants to water (Hydrophytes & Xerophytes), temperature (Thermoperiodicity & Vernalization), light (Photoperiodism, Heliophytes, Sciophytes), and salinity.


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