Page 36 - CatalogNEP-LS

General account of Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and anamorphic fungi.

UNIT-III (9 Hours)
Tissue systems in Fungi. Types of Centrum development in Ascomycota. Heterokaryosis and
Parasexuality. Mycorrhizal application in agriculture and plant growth.
UNIT-IV (12 Hours)

Nomenclature, classification, morphology, translocation and distribution in host plants, infection,
replication and transmission of plant viruses. Nomenclature, classification, structure,
reproduction, nutrition and economic importance of Eubacteria.

UNIT-V (9 Hours)
General account of Archaebacteria. Brief account of MLOs, Spiroplasma, Viroids and
Mycoviruses.

PRACTICAL (30 Hours)

1. Study of morphological and reproductive structures of following genera:
MYXOMYCOTA: Stemonitis, Physarum. OOMYCOTA: Saprolegnia, Albugo,
Peronospora, Phytophthora, Bremia. CHYTIDRIOMYCOTA: Synchitrium, Allomyces,
Blastocladia. ZYGOMYCOTA: Mucor, Rhizopus, Pilobolus. ASCOMYCOTA:
Protomyces, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Claviceps, Phyllactinia, Xylaria, Morchella, Peziza
BASIDIOMYCOTA: Puccinia, Melampsora, Agaricus, Ustilago, Polyporus, Ganoderma,
Cyathus, Hydnum, Geasterum. ANAMORPHIC FUNGI: Fusarium, Cercospora,
Colletotrichum, Alternaria, Helminthosporium.
2. Preparation of media to isolate fungi, bacteria and other microbes.
3. Isolation of Rhizobium from legume root nodules. 4. Sensitivity tests of bacteria using
different antibiotics.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. Alexopolous, C.J., C.W. Mims and M. Blackwell. Introductory Mycology. 4 th Ed. John
Wiley & Sons, New York. 880 pp. 2007.
2. Webster, J. and Webes R. Introduction to Fungi. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
3rd Edition, 2007.
3. Bos, L. Introduction to Plant Virology. Longman, New York. 160 pp. 1992

Bot.421 Pteridophytes 3+1

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The primary objective of this course is:
 To familiarize students with the diversity of Pteridophytes (both ferns and fern allies),
their evolutionary history and origin, economic importance, classification, detailed study
on the representative ferns of major families with reference to their morphology, anatomy,
and reproduction.
 Exposure of students to fern flora in the surrounding areas and botanical garden

21