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BIO 102 - GENERAL BIOLOGY II  (PLANT AND ANIMAL DIVERSITY)

PLANT DIVERSITY COURSE OUTLINE 

1^st Week                                     Registration

2^nd Week                                    Variety of forms in non-vascular plants:

                                                    Introduction.

                                                    Why we study plants; classification of plant

                                                    Kingdom.

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3^rd Week                                     The Thallophyta –Introduction (general xteristics,      

                                                    types of thallus form) – Unicellular, Colonial,

                                                    Filamentous and more Complex algae, Economic

                                                    importance and Reproduction.

4^th Week                                     Fungi – Unicellular (yeast), filamentous,(Rhizopus  

                                                    Stolonifer), more complex form, importance to

                                                    Terrestrial ecosystem, reproduction: vegetative and

                                                    sexual.

5^th Week                                     The Bryophyta - Liverworts: Thalloid liverworts:              

                                                   Marchantia, leafy liverwort: Porella, Mosses:

                                                   Bryum coronatum.

6^th Week                                    The Bryophyta(contd).

7^th Week                                    Variety of forms in vascular plants:

                                                   Introduction, Psilotum, advance in vascular and    

                                                   reproductive system in Lycopodium and Selcginella.

8^th Week                                    The ferns, the seed plants, adaptations of forms to

                                                   different ecological requirements.

9^th Week                                    Morphology of flowering plants:-

                                                   The subject of plant morphology.

10^th Week                                  Parts of flowering plant; Morphology of       

                                                  Angiosperm; root & stem.

11^th Week                                 Leaves and flower arrangement; fruit morphology.

12^th Week                                 Fruit morphology

13^th Week                                 R-E-V-I-S-I-O-N

14^th Week                                 R-E-V-I-S-I-O-N

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