Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Course name: Basic Botany


Course BT-104                              Full Marks: 100                                        Unit 1                   Credit 3.5




1. Biodiversity:

Biological diversity: Definition, terminology, diversities in plant kingdom, importance of biological diversity, benefits and services provided by ecosystems and causes for the losses of biodiversity, convention on biological diversity (CBD), Obligations under CBD, Biodiversity of Bangladesh, Biodiversity conservation.

2. Systemic Botany:

Taxonomy, definition, objectives and uses of taxonomy, units, systems and basis of classifications, naming of plant, systemic study and economic importance of the following families of angiosperms: Graminaeae, Leguminosae, Orchidaceae and Verbenaceae, practical implications of systemic study of families in biotechnology.

3. Economic Botany:

Study of angiospermic plants as source of cereal, fibre, medicine, oil, beverage, rubber, sugars and narcotics.

4. Anatomy:

Tissue and tissue systems, compact and classification, characteristic features, functions and distribution of different types of plant tissues, importance of studying tissue and tissue system in biotechnology. 

5. Embryology:

Alteration of generation, Megametogenesis, microsporogenesis, microgametogensis, types of embryo sac and their development, pollination and fertilization.





Books Recommended:
1.  P. Maheshwari: An introduction to Embryology of Angiosperm.
2. K. Esau: Anatomy of seed Plants.
3. A. Fahn.: Plant Anatomy.
4. G. H. M. Lawrence: Taxonomy of Vascular Plants.
5. B. P. Panday: Economic Botany.
6. C Leveque, J. C. Mounolou: Biodiversity, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, England.

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