Vegetative morphology and reproductive biology, affinities and evolutionary trends of the following Orders: Pentoxylales Cordaitales Ginkgoales Taxales Gnetales (emphasis on angiospermic features) Distribution of living gymnosperms in India. Evolution of female gametophytes and Embryogeny in gymnosperms. Fossil gymnosperm of Jharkhand. Economic importance of gymnosperms. Origin and evolution of angiosperms. Concepts of phytogeography: endemism, hot spotst plant exploration & plant introduction. an Recent trends in Taxonomy. With special reference to Numerical taxonomy, chemotaxonomy, Cytotaxonomy and molecular taxonomy Distinctive taxonomic features and economic importance of the following Mangiospremic families: Magnoliaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, ,Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Orchidaceae, , Cyperaceae and Poaceae.
Vegetative morphology and reproductive biology, affinities and evolutionary trends of the following Orders: Pentoxylales Cordaitales Ginkgoales Taxales Gnetales (emphasis on angiospermic features) Distribution of living gymnosperms in India. Evolution of female gametophytes and Embryogeny in gymnosperms. Fossil gymnosperm of Jharkhand. Economic importance of gymnosperms. Origin and evolution of angiosperms. Concepts of phytogeography: endemism, hot spotst plant exploration & plant introduction. an Recent trends in Taxonomy. With special reference to Numerical taxonomy, chemotaxonomy, Cytotaxonomy and molecular taxonomy Distinctive taxonomic features and economic importance of the following Mangiospremic families: Magnoliaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, ,Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Orchidaceae, , Cyperaceae and Poaceae.