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Unit I - Plant Physiology

Plant Physiology Transport in Plants

1

1

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Mineral Nutrition

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-

-

Enzymes

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1

-

Photosynthesis

1

1

-

Respiration in Plants

-

-

1

Growth and Development

-

1

-

Unit II - Microbiology

Bacteria

1

-

-

Viruses

-

1

-

Unit III - Genetics

Principles of Heredity, Variation

1

1

-

Unit IV - Molecular Biology

Molecule-Based Inheritance

2

1

-

Unit V - Biotechnology

Biotechnology Processes

1

-

1

Biotechnology and its Applications

1

1

-

Unit VI - Plants and Microorganisms

Strategies to Increase Food Production

-

-

1

Microorganisms in Human Welfare

2

-

-

Total

10

8

3

1

Human Anatomy and Physiology I

1

2

-

10

2

Human Anatomy and Physiology II

1

-

1

10

3

Human Anatomy and Physiology III

2

1

-

8

4

Human Anatomy and Physiology IV

2

1

-

8

5

Human Reproduction and Reproductive Health

2

-

1

12

6

Genetics

-

1

1

12

7

Organic Evolution

1

-

-

8

8

Applied Biology

2

1

-

8

Total

11

6

3

Unit-I Plant Physiology

Chapter 1: Transport in Plants

• Means of Transport
• Phloem Transport: Flow from Source to Sink
• Long Distance Transport of Water, etc.

Chapter 2: Mineral Nutrition

• Methods to Study the Mineral Requirements of Plants
• Essential Mineral Elements
• Metabolism of Nitrogen, etc.

Chapter 3: Enzymes

• The concentration of Substrate
• Classification and Nomenclature of Enzymes, etc.

Chapter 4: Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

• Early Experiments
• Site of Photosynthesis
• Pigments Involved in Photosynthesis
• Factors affecting Photosynthesis, etc.

Chapter 5: Respiration of Plants

• Cellular respiration
• Glycolysis
• Fermentation
• Aerobic Respiration
• Amphibolic Pathway
• Respiratory Quotient, etc.

Chapter 6: Plant Growth and Development

• Development
• Plant Growth Regulators
• Seed Dormancy
• Photoperiodism
• Vernalisation, etc.

UNIT II: Microbiology

Chapter 7: Bacteria

• Morphology of Bacteria
• Bacterial cell structure
• The importance of Bacteria to Humans, etc.

Chapter 8: Viruses

• Multiplication of Bacteriophages- The Lysogenic Cycle
• Viral diseases in Plants, etc.

UNIT III: Genetics

Chapter 9: Principles of Inheritance and Variation

• Mendel’s Experiments
• Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance
• Linkage and Recombination, Mutations, etc.

UNIT IV: Molecular Biology

Chapter 10: Molecular Basis of inheritance

• The DNA
• Transcription
• Translation
• Regulation of Gene Expression, etc.

UNIT V: Biotechnology

Chapter 11: Principles and processes of

Biotechnology

• Principles of Biotechnology
• Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology, etc.

Chapter 12: Biotechnology and its applications

• Biotechnological Applications In Agriculture
• Transgenic plants
• Biosafety and Ethical issues, etc.

UNIT VI: Plants, Microbes and Human welfare

Chapter 13: Strategies for enhancement in

food production

• Plant breeding
• Single-cell protein
• Tissue culture, etc.

Chapter 14: Microbes in Human Welfare

• Primary treatment
• Secondary treatment or Biological treatment
• Microbes as Biofertilizers
• Challenges posed by Microbes, etc.

A

Very short answer type questions

1 to 10 questions

10 x 2 = 20

B

Short answer type questions

Any 6 out of 8 questions

6 x 4 = 24

C

Long answer type questions

Any 2 out of 3 questions

2 x 8 = 16