Botany For Degree Students Biodiversity B.Sc. Semester I

This textbook has been designed to meet the needs of B.Sc. First Semester students of Botany as per the UGC Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). It acquaints students with general characteristics, classification and economic importance of various divisions of biodiversity i.e., Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniate. While it provides strong conceptual understanding of the subject, it also helps in developing scientific outlook of the student.

Unit-I: Microbes

1. Viruses

2. Bacteria

Unit-II: Algae

3. Algae: An Introduction

4. Chlorophycophyta-Chlorophyceae (Green Algae)

5. Xanthophycophyta-Xanthophyceae (Yellow-Green Algae)

6. Phaeophycophyta-Phaeophyceae (Brown Algae)

7. Rhodophycophyta-Rhodophyceae (Red Algae)

Unit-III: Fungi

8. Fungi: An Introduction

9. Sub-Division: Zygomycotina Class: Zygomycetes

10. Sub-Division: Ascomycotina Class: Ascomycetes

11. Sub-Class: Euascomycetidae

12. Sub-Division: Basidiomycotina Class: Basidiomycetes

13. Sub-Class: Homobasidiomycetidae

14. Sub-Division: Deuteromycotina Class: Deuteromycetes

15. Lichens Unit-IV: Archegoniate

16. Bryophytes: An Introduction

17. Hepaticopsida Order-Marchantiales

18. Bryopsida (Musci Order-Funariales)

19. Pteridophytes: An Introduction

20. Order-Psilophytales

21. Order-Selaginellales

22. Order-Equisetales

23. Order-Filicales

24. Gymnosperms: An Introduction

25. Class-Cycadopsida, Order-Cycadales, Genus-Cycas

26. Class-Coniferopsida, Order-Coniferales, Genus-Pinus

Unit-V: Practicals

1. Laboratory Methods

2. Viruses

3. Bacteria

4. Algae

5. Cyanophycophyta-Myxophyceae

6. Chlorophyceae

7. Phaeophyceae

8. Rhodophyceae

9. Zygomycotina Zygomycetes

10. Ascomycotina Ascomycetes

11. Basidiomycotina Basidiomycetes

12. Deuteromycotina Deuteromycetes

13. Lichens

14. Bryophyta

15. Hepaticopsida

16. Bryopsida

17. Pteridophytes

18. Arthrophyta

19. Filicophyta

20. Gymnosperms