Syllabus For The Subject PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY & PHYTOGEOGRAPHY

UNIT - 01

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY - INTRODUCTION - STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF MEMBRANE

- BRIEF ACCOUNT OF MODELS - FLUID MOSAIC MODELS - LIPOPROTEIN MODEL - ENDO -

MEMBRANE SYSTEM - WATER RELATIONS OF PLANTS - PHYSICO - CHEMICAL

PROPERTIES OF WATER - APPARENT, FREE SPACE.

UNIT - 02

BULK MOVEMENT OF WATER - DIFFUSION - IMBIBITIONS - PERMEABILITY.

UNIT - 03

OSMOSIS - TRANSPIRATION - STOMATAL REGULATION.

UNIT - 04

PHOTOSYNTHESIS - ENERGY, PATHWAY IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PHOTOSYNTHETIC

PIGMENTS - PIGMENT SYSTEMS - ELECTRON FLOW THROUGH CYCLIC, NON-CYCLIC

AND PSEUDOCYCLIC PHOTOPHOS PHORYLATION - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN C3 AND C4

PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

UNIT - 05

DIFFERENT KIND OF C4 PATHWAY - OCCURRENCE - BIOCHEMICAL EVENTS AND

ADAPTIVE ADVANTAGE - REGULATION OF PHOTORESPIRATION.

UNIT - 06

RESPIRATION - AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION - GLYCOLYSIS, KREBS CYCLES

ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEM - PHOSPHORYLATION - SUBSTRATE AND OXIDATIVE -

HM P - PATHWAY.

UNIT - 07

RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT - FACTORS - AFFECTING RESPIRATION.

UNIT - 08

UPTAKE OF IONS MECHANISM - TRANSLOCATION OF SOLUTES AND ASSIMILATORS -

MECHANISM - MINERAL NUTRITION - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS - MICRO AND MACRO

ELEMENTS.

UNIT - 09

ROLE AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS - FERTILIZER - FOLIAR NUTRITION.

UNIT - 10

CONCEPTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM - APPLICATION OF LAW OF THERMO DYNAMICS, FOOD

CHAIN FOOD WEB, ENERGY FLOW - ECOLOGICAL FACTORS - CLIMATIC,

PHYSIOGRAPHIC, EDAPHIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS - STUDY OF POND, GRASS LAND AND

FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR SUCCESSION.

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MAJOR TERRESTRIAL PLANT COMMUNITIES - STUDY OF CLIMATE - DISTRIBUTION -

ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT - DESERTS/ (DRY AND COLD) - TUNDRA - GRASS LAND -

SAVANNAH - TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL FORESTS AND MANGROVES.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BOTANY

3 Yr.

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY & PHYTOGEOGRAPHY(1030333)

UNIT - 12

PLANT GEOGRAPHY - FACTORS OF PLANT DISTRIBUTION - THEORIES CONCERNING

PRESENT AND PAST DISTRIBUTIONS - CONTINENTAL DRIFT, GLACIATIONS, LAND

BRIDGES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PLANT DISTRIBUTION - THEORIES AND HYPOTHESIS

CONCERNING THE FLORA AND PHYTOGEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH INDIAN HILLS, ENDEMISM

AND DISCONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION WITH EXAMPLES FROM INDIAN FLORA, FLORISTIC

REGIONS OF INDIA.