Course type : Total Credit : 03 Core Course Teaching time (hours) Examination Marking scheme Theory Practical Internal External Total (hrs) (hrs) (Marks) (Marks) 3X 15 = 45 30 70 ( Paper of 3 hrs) 100 Marks Topic Unit Content Hrs. W + Credit No. No. % 1. 1.1 PHYSIOLOGY 0.75 WATER: Structure of water molecule (D&W 33), Properties of water important to plants (34), Solutions (34-35). Role of water in plant life (M&G 163). 1.2 SOLUTIONS: Definition of solvent, solute and solution. Types: True, colloidal and suspension. Explanation of Hypertonic, Isotonic and Hypotonic solutions. Colloidal systems: Introduction (D&W 499), Phases (499), properties: Tyndall effect (500), Brownian movement (501), Filtration (501), Adsorption (501), Electrical properties (501-502), Flocculation and Precipitation (502-503), Dialysis (). Diffusion (M&G 155). Osmosis: 1.3 PLANT WATER RELATIONS: Definition (155), laws of osmosis (156-157), Types: Exosmosis and endosmosis, role of osmosis in plants (162-163). Plasmolysis (D&W 42) and Deplasmolysis (D&W 42). Imbibition and its importance (K&K 2 2.1 PLANT ECOLOGY 0.75 ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS: Classification (on the basis of water requirements) [SPD 82], External and internal features of Hydrophytes (83-94), Mesophytes (94) and Xerophytes-Non-succulents (94 & 2.2 COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: Definition (173), characteristics of a community (174), structure (175-176). 2.3 CHARACTERS USED IN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE: Analytical- Quantitative (179-181) and Qualitative (181-185) characters, Synthetic characters (186). Methods of study of communities: Physiognomic methods (187) and Phytosociological methods (188-191). 3 3.1 MICROBIAL 0.75
Course type : Core Course Total Credit : 03 Teaching time (hours) Examination Marking scheme Theory (hrs) Practical (hrs) Internal (Marks) External Total (Marks) 3X 15 = 45 30 70 ( Paper of 3 hrs) 100 Unit No. Topic No. Content Hrs. Marks W + % Credit 1. 1.1 PHYSIOLOGY WATER: Structure of water molecule (D&W 33), Properties of water important to plants (34), Solutions (34-35). Role of water in plant life (M&G 163). 0.75 1.2 SOLUTIONS: Definition of solvent, solute and solution. Types: True, colloidal and suspension. Explanation of Hypertonic, Isotonic and Hypotonic solutions. Colloidal systems: Introduction (D&W 499), Phases (499), properties: Tyndall effect (500), Brownian movement (501), Filtration (501), Adsorption (501), Electrical properties (501-502), Flocculation and Precipitation (502-503), Dialysis (). 1.3 PLANT WATER RELATIONS: Diffusion (M&G 155). Osmosis: Definition (155), laws of osmosis (156-157), Types: Exosmosis and endosmosis, role of osmosis in plants (162-163). Plasmolysis (D&W 42) and Deplasmolysis (D&W 42). Imbibition and its importance (K&K 2 2.1 PLANT ECOLOGY ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS: Classification (on the basis of water requirements) [SPD 82], External and internal features of Hydrophytes (83-94), Mesophytes (94) and Xerophytes-Non-succulents (94 & 0.75 2.2 COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: Definition (173), characteristics of a community (174), structure (175-176). 2.3 CHARACTERS USED IN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE: Analytical- Quantitative (179-181) and Qualitative (181-185) characters, Synthetic characters (186). Methods of study of communities: Physiognomic methods (187) and Phytosociological methods (188-191). 3 3.1 MICROBIAL 0.75
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