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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