1. Cell Biology : Structure and function of cell wall (extracellular
matrix or ECM), cell membrane and cell organelles. Nucleus, nucleolus, nuclear
pore complex (NPC), chromosome and nucleosome.
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Mitosis, meiosis, molecular
control involving checkpoints in cell division cycle. Differentiation, cellular
senescence.
2. Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology : Laws of
inheritance. Concept of gene and allelomorph. Linkage, crossing over and gene
mapping. Structural and numerical changes in chromosomes and gene mutations. Sex
determination and differentiation. Structure and synthesis of nucleic acids and
proteins. Genetic code. Regulation of gene expression. Genetic engineering and
crop improvement. Protoplast, cell, tissue and organ cultures. Somatic
hybridization. Biofertilizers and biopesticides. Biotechnology in
agri-horticulture, medicine and industry.
3. Tissue Systems : Origin, development, structure and function of
primary and secondary tissues.
4. Plant Diversity and Systematics : Structure and function of plant
forms from evolutionary aspects (viruses to Angiosperms including fossils).
Principles of nomenclature, classification and identification of plants. Modern
approaches in plant taxonomy. Recent classification of living organism into
three groups (bacteria, archaea and eukarya).
5. Plant Physiology: Water relations. Mineral nutrition.
Photosynthesis. Respiration. Nitrogen metabolism. Enzymes and coenzymes.
Dynamics of growth, growth movements, growth substances, photomorphogenesis.
Secondary metabolites. Isotopes in biological studies. Physiology of flowering.
6. Methods of Reproduction and Seed Biology : Vegetative, asexual and
sexual methods of reproduction. Pollination and fertilization. Sexual
incompatibility. Development, structure, dormancy and germination of seed.
7. Plant Pathology : Diseases of rice, wheat, sugarcane, potato,
mustard, groundnut and cotton crops. Factors affecting infection (host factors,
pathogen factors, biotic factors like rhizosphere and phyllosphere organisms).
Chemical, biological and genetic methods of disease control (including
transgenic plants).
8. Plant and Environment : Biotic and abiotic components. Ecological
adaptation. Types of vegetational zones and forests of India. Deforestation,
afforestation, social forestry and plant introduction. Soil erosion, wasteland,
reclamation. Environmental pollution and its control (including
phytoremediation). Bioindicators. Global warming.
9. Biodiversity, Plant Genetic Resources: Methods of conservation of
plant genetic resources and its importance. Convention of Biological Diversity
(CBD). Endangered, threatened and endemic taxa. Role of cell/tissue culture in
propagation and enrichment of genetic diversity. Plants as sources of food,
fodder, forage, fibres, oils, drugs, wood and timber, paper, rubber, beverages,
spices, essential oils and resins, gums, dyes, insecticides, pesticides and
ornamentation. Biomass as a source of energy.
10. Origin of Life and Evolution: Basic concepts of origin of earth
and origin of life. Theories of organic evolution, molecular basis of evolution.
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AKHAND PRATAP SINGH
