CONTENTS:-
Introduction: Cryptogams.
UNIT-I: MICROBIOLOGY:
1. Diversity of Microbes: Introduction.
2. Viruses: Viroids and Prions.
3. Bacteria: Structure and Reproduction.
4. Economic Importance of Bacteria.
5. Cyanobacteria. Actinomycetes. Mycoplasmas and Rickettsias.
6. Distribution of Microorganisms in Nature.
7. Isolation and Cultivation of Microorganisms.
8. Infection and Immunity.
9. Applications of Microbiology.
10. Antibiotics.
11. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
12. Plant Diseases: Introduction.
13. Important Plant Diseases.
14. Plant Diseases: Control.
UNIT-II: ALGAE:
1. Algae: General Characters.
2. Classification of Algae.
3. Cyanophyceae: General Characters and Classification.
4. Chroococcales: Gloeocapsa. Microcystis.
5. Nostocales: Oscillatoria. Spirulina. Nostoc. Scytonema. Gloeotrichia, Rivularia.
6. Chlorophyceae: General Characters and Classification.
7. Volvocales: Chlamydomonas. Volvox.
8. Chlorococcales: Chlorella, Hydrodictyon Scenedesmus.
9. Ulotrichales: Ulva.
10. Cladophorales: Cladophora.
11. Chaetophorales. Fritschiella, Coleochaete.
12. Oedogoniales: Oedogonium.
13. Conjugales: Zygnema. Cosmarium.
14. Siphonales: Codium. Vaucheria.
15. Charales: Chara.
16. Bacillariophyceae: General Characters and Classification.
17. Pennales: Navicula.
18. Phaeophyceae: General Characters and Classification.
19. Ectocarpales: Ectocarpus.
20. Fucales: Fucus. Sargassum.
21. Dictyotales: Dictyota.
22. Laminariales: Laminaria.
23. Rhodophyceae: General Characters and Classification.
24. Nemalionales: Batrachospermum.
25. Ceramiales: Polysiphonia.
26. Origin and Evolution of Sex in Algae.
27. Economic Importance of Algae.
28. Culturing of Algae.
29. Professor M O P lyengar.
UNIT-III: FUNGI, AND PLANT PATHOLOGY:
1. Fungi: General Characters.
2. Taxonomic Status and Classification of Fungi.
3. Myxomycetes: Psysarales: Physarum.
4. Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales: Synchytrium.
5. Chytridiomycetes Blastocladiales: Allomyces.
6. Oomycetes: Saprolegniales: Achlya. Saprolegnia.
7. Peronosporales: Phytophthora. Pythium. Albugo.
8. Zygomycetes: Mucorales: Mucor. Rhizopus.
9. Ascomycotina Hemiascomycetes. Endomycetales: Saccharomyces.
10. Eurotiales: Aspergillus. Penicillium.
11. Erysiphales: Erysiphe. Sphaerotheca. Uncinula.
12. Sphaeriales: Neurospora. Claviceps. Xylaria. Chaetomium.
13. Pezizales: Peziza. Morchella. Ascobolus.
14. Basidiomycotina: Teliomycetes. Ustilaginales: Ustilago.
15. Uredinales: Puccinia.
16. Agaricales: Agaricus.
17. Aphyllophorales: Polyporus.
18. Gasteromycetes: Lycoperdales: Lycoperdon.
19. Deuteromycotina Hypomycetes. Moniliales: Alternaria. Cercospora. Helminthosporium. Fusarium.
20. Melanoconiales: Colletotrichum.
21. Heterothallism in Fungi.
22. Parasexualilty.
23. Sex Hormones in Fungi.
24. Edible Fungi: Mushrooms and Their Cultivation.
25. Economic Importance of Fungi.
26. Lichens.
27. Prof. Karam Chand Mehta (1892-1950).
UNIT-IV: BRYOPHYTA:
1. Bryophyta: General Characters and Classification.
2. Hepaticopsida: Marchantiales: Riccia. Marchantia. Plagiochasma.
3. Jungermanniales: Pellia. Porella. Frullania.
4. Anthocerotopsida Anthocerotales: Anthoceros. Notothylus.
5. Bryopsida (Musci or Mosses) Sphagnobrya: Sphagnum.
6. Bryidae (Eubrya): Funaria. Polytrichum. Pogonatum.
7. Evolution of Sporophyte in Bryophytes.
8. Vegetative Reproduction in Bryophytes.
9. Professor Shiv Ram Kashyap (1882-1934). Comparative-Study of Bryophytes.
UNIT-V: PTERIDOPHYTA WITH PALAEOBOTANY:
1. Pteridophyta: General Characters.
2. Pteridophyta: Classification.
3. Palaeobotany and Geological Time Scale.
4. Fossilization and Types of Fossils.
5. Psilophytopsida: Psilophytales: Rhynia. Horneophyton. Astewxylon.
6. Psilotopsida: Psilotales: Psilotum.
7. Lycopsida: Lycopodiales: Lycopodium.
8. Lepidodendrales: Lepidodendron.
9. Isoetales: Isoetes.
10. Selaginellale: Selaginella.
11. Sphenopsida Calamitales: Calamites.
12. Sphenophyllales. Sphenophyllum. Sphenophyllostachys.
13. Equisetales: Equisetum.
14. Eusporangiatae Marattiales: Angiopteris.
15. Ophioglossales: Ophioglossum.
16. Osmundales: Osmunda;17. Leptosporangiatae Filicales: Pteris. Dryopteris. Adiantum. Polypodium. Nephrolepis.
18. Marsileales: Marsilea.
19. Salviniales: Azolla. Salvinia.
20. Stelar System in Pteridophytes.
21. Heterospory and Seed Habit.
22. Apospory and Apogamy.
23. Telome Theory.
24. Prof. Birbal Sahni (1891-1949): Father of Indian Palaeobotany.
UNIT-VI: GYMNOSPERMS:
1. Gymnosperms: General Characters and Affinities.
2. Gymnosperms: Classification and Distribution.
3. Pteridospermopsida Lyginopteris. Heterangium. Glossopteris.
4. Cycadeoidopsida (Bennettiopsida) Cycadeoidales: Ptilophyllum. Williamsonia. Cycadeoidea.
5. Cycadales: Cycas.
6. Coniferales: Pinus.
7. Taxales: Taxus.
8. Ephedrales: Ephedra.
9. Gnetales: Gnetum.
