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substrate-controlled induction, interrelationship between photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism,
transport of nitrogen in plants.
UNIT-VI (9 Hours)

Phytohormones
Auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscissins and ethylene: their transport, biosynthesis,
physiological roles and mechanism of action; phenols, synthetic regulators, retardants and
inhibitors.
UNIT-VII (4 Hours)

Growth
Process, phases and dynamics of growth. External and internal factors affecting growth, growth
and yield analysis, Source – Sink relationship, photoperiodism, phytochrome, endogenous
rhythms, tropisms. Seed and bud dormancy and germination.

UNIT-VIII (5 Hours)
Stress Physiology
Mechanism of plant response to water (low and high), temperature (low and high), Salt (Salinity
and Alkalinity) and biotic stresses (Pathogens and insects ).

PRACTICAL (30 Hours)

1. Experiments pertaining to photosynthesis, respiration and water relations.
2. Determination of water potential by various methods.
3. Determination of Chlorophyll a and Chlrophyll b ratio in C3 and C4 plants.
4. Spectroscopic determination of Chrophyll a, Chlorophyll b, Carotenoids and Anthocyanin
under varied environmental conditions.
5. Experimental study of hormonal effects in plant material.
6. Bioassays of hormones.
7. Study of seed germination as effected by different factors.
8. Experimental study of stress physiology.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. Malik, C.P. Plant Physiology. 3rd Ed. Kalyani Publishers India. 2002.
2. Noggle, G.R. and G.J. Fritz. Introductory Plant Physiology. 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall of India
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. 1991.
3. Salisbury, F.B. and C.Ross. Plant Physiology.4 th Ed. CBS Publisher and Distributors.682
pp. 1992.
4. Wilkins, M.B., Advanced Plant Physiology, Pitman, New York, 1984.
5. Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. Plant Physiology, (5th Edition), Sinauer Associates, Inc.,
Massachusetts, USA, 2010.
6. Hopkins, W.G. Introduction to Plant Physiology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N.Y., USA,
1999.

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