UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN PLANT BIOLOGY AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester I - Paper I - Phycology

Lecture: 7 Hours

UNIT I :

Classification of Algae - F.E. Fritsch 1945.

UNIT II :

General characters of Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae. Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae.

UNIT III :

Detailed study of distribution, habit pigmentation, plastids, food reserves, flageliation. reproduction and life cycles of the following forms of Cyanophyceae Bacillariophyceae and Chlorophyceae (No developmental studies).

CYANOPFIYCEAE - Anabaena, Nostoc and Spirulina.

CHLOROPHYCEAE - Chlorella (unicellular), Scenedesmus (colonial), Coleochaete (heterotrichous) and Caulerpa (thalloid).

BACILLARJOPHYCEAE- Diatoms -Navicula

UNIT IV :

Detailed study of distribution, habit, pigmentation, plastids. food reserves, reproduction and life cycle of the following forms of Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae. (no developmental studies)

PHAEOPHYCEAE - Sargassum

RHODOPHYCEAE - Gracilaria

UNIT V :