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 VI - Practical - Environmental Science and Phytogeography

Practicals: 2 Hrs per week

1. Study of morphological and structural adaptations of locally available hydrophytes, mesophytes, halophytes and epiphytes and correlate to their particular habitats.

Hydrophyte: Nymphaea, Hydrilla
Xerophyte: Nerium, Casuarina.
Meophyte: Tridax, Vernonia.
Halophyte: Avicennia, Rhizophora.
Epiphyte: Vanda.

2. Construction of quadrat - to study the percentage of frequency.

3. Field trips to places for study and observation of vegetational types prescribed in the syllabus for 2 to 5 days under the guidance of teachers.

4. Mp of the phytogeographical regions of India

5. Estimation of microbial species diversity in soil samples. Study of some endangered plant species.

BOOKS:

1. Atlas, R.M. and Bartha, R. 1987. Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and applications. The Benjamin / Cummings Publishing Co. Inc.
2. Colinvaux, P. 1986. Ecology. John Wiley and Sons.
3. Fankel, O.H, Brown, A.H.D. and Bouden, J.J. The conservation of plant Biodiversity.
4. Given, D.R. Principles and practices of plant conservation. Chapman and Hall.
5. Kumar, H.D. 1990. Modern concepts of Ecology. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
6. Krishna Iyer, V. R. 1992. Environmental protection and legal defence. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
7. Mabberley, D.J. 1983. Tropical Rain forest ecology. Blackie and Son Ltd.
8. Odum, E.P. 1983. Basic Ecology. Holt - Saunders International Editions.
9. Shukla, R.S. and Chandel, P.S. 1990. Plant ecology. S.Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd.
10. Singh D.V. 1985. The Eco Vote:- People's representatives and global environment.
11. Smith, W.H. 1985. Air pollution and forest: Interactions between air contaminants and forest ecosystems.
12. Soibris, O.T., Van Embden, H.M. and Van Oordt, P.G.W.J. Biodiversity and global change. IUBS, CAB International.
13. Vickery, M.L. 1984. Ecology of Tropical plants John Wiley and Sons.

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