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Degree Botany Syllabus (Pass Course)
Subject: Botany
Three Years B.Sc. Pass Course
Effective from the Session: 2013–2014

National University Degree Syllabus pass Course Botany

Short Table of Subject and year

Detailed Syllabus of First Year Degree BSc Botany Syllabus(pass Course)
Part-1(First Year)

Degree First Year(Part-1)

Microbiology  (Marks: 40)

📌Introduction, the contribution of eminent scientists in the field of Microbiology.
📌Introduction, characteristics, and reproduction of Prions, Viroids, Rickettsia, and Mycoplasma.
📌Viruses: Definition, biological nature, physical and chemical structure, multiplication, transmission, and economic importance.
📌Bacteria: Introduction, classification, structure, multiplication, and economic importance.

Phycology (Marks: 30)

📌Habit and habitats, classification, general structures, reproduction, and economic importance of Algae.
📌The salient feature of Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Xanthophycheae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, and Rhodophyceae.
📌 Life histories of Anabaena, Oedogonium, Vaucheria, Sargassum and Polysiphonia.

Mycology: ( Marks: 30)

📌 Introduction, general characteristics, classification, structure, and economic importance of Fungi.
📌 Life histories of Synchytrium, Pythium, Saccharomyces, Penicillium, Puccinia, Agaricus, and Fusarium.
📌 Lichens: Habit and habitats, classification, structure, and importance.

Detailed Syllabus of First Year Degree BSc Botany Syllabus(pass Course)
Part-2(First Year)

Degree First Year(Part-2)

Higher Cryptogams ( Marks: 40)

Bryophyta
📌 Introduction, salient features of Hepaticopsida, Anthoceropsida, and Bryopsida with examples.
📌 Life history of Marchantia, Pelia, Anthoceros, and Sphagnum.

Pteridophyta
📌 Introduction, salient features of Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Sphanopsida, and Pteropsida with examples.
📌 Life histories of Lycopodium, Selaginella, Ophioglossum, and Marsilea.

Gymnosperms (Marks: 20)

📌 Introduction, general characteristics, modern classification, and economic importance.
📌 Life histories of Cycas and Gnetum

Plant Pathology:(Marks: 40)

📌 Introduction, scope, and importance of plant diseases.
📌 Classification of plant diseases.
📌 Stages in the development of plant diseases: Inoculation, penetration, infection, growth and reproduction, dissemination, overwintering, and over summering of the pathogens.
📌 Causal organisms, symptoms, etiology, and control measures of the following plant diseases: The brown spot of rice, b) Late light of potato, c) Stem rust of wheat, d) Stem rot of jute e) Tikka disease of groundnut.

Detailed Syllabus of 2nd Year Degree BSc Botany Syllabus(pass Course)
Part-3 (Second Year)

Degree 2nd Year(Part-3)

Angiosperms(  Marks: 40)

• Morphology of flowers, types of inflorescence, and fruits.
  • Definition, scope, units of Classification, nomenclature, preparation of herbarium sheets; Artificial (Linnaeus), natural (Bentham and Hooker.), and phylogenetic. (Engler and Prantle ) systems of classification, merits, and demerits of these systems.
  • Magnoliopsida (Dicot): Nymphaeaceae, Rutaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Apocynaceae, Rubiaceae, and Lamiaceae.
  • Liliopsida (Monocot): Amaryllidaceae and Aracaceae

Economic botany ( Marks: 20)

1. Scientific and local names, parts used, and importance of 10 plants of each of the following groups: food grains, pulses, medicines, rubber, oil, spices, and timber yielding plants.
2. Tea and rubber:  Cultivation and processing.

Anatomy  (Marks: 15)

1. Origin and differentiation of apical meristem, tissues, and tissue systems.
2. Distribution of mechanical tissues, normal secondary growth in dicot stem and dicot root and root-stem transition.

Embryology ( Marks: 15)

1. Introduction, sporogenesis and gametogenesis, fertilization.
2. Development of embryo and endosperm in dicot plant, seed, and fruit formation.

Paleobotany (Marks: 10)

• Definitions and scope of Palaeobotany,
• Types of fossils and fossilization processes.
•  Geological era; appearance and extinction of the life forms in different geological periods.

Detailed Syllabus of 2nd Year Degree BSc Botany Syllabus(pass Course)
Part-4 (Second Year)

Degree 2nd Year(Part-4)

 Biodiversity and Conservation (Marks: 20)

(i) Definition and elements of biodiversity; causes and losses of biodiversity; rare, vulnerable, threatened, and endangered species of Bangladesh.

(ii) Definition and types of conservation, principles of conservation, advantages, and disadvantages of in situ and ex-situ conservation; conservation in botanic gardens and seed banks; role and activity of IUCN, WWF and CITES.

Ecology(Marks: 40)

(i)     Definition and scope of ecology, climatic, topographic, and biotic factors.
(ii)     Salient features of hydrophytes, xerophytes and halophytes.
(iii) Plant succession: Causes and types, hydrosere, xerosere.
(iv)   Structure and function of ecosystems (Sundarban forest).
(v)    Food chain, food web, and ecological pyramids.
(vi)   Phytogeographical regions of Bangladesh.

Environmental Science ( Marks: 20)

1. Definition and components of the environment
2. Pollution: Air, water, and sound pollution, causes and effects of pollution on plants and animals and their remedies.
3. Greenhouse effect: Sources and effects of greenhouse gases, ozone layer depletion.
4. Population growth and its impact on nature

Cytology ( Marks 20)

(i) Introduction, definition, and scope of Cytology, the concept of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
(ii) Ultrastructure of eukaryotic cell; detailed structure and function of cell organelles (chloroplast, mitochondria, ribosome, endoplasmic reticulum, and nucleus).
(iii) Physical and chemical structure of a chromosome.
(iv) Meiotic cell division and its significance.

Detailed Syllabus of 2nd Year Degree BSc Botany Syllabus(pass Course)
Part-5 (Third Year)

Degree 3rd Year(Part-5)

Plant Physiology(Marks: 40)

(i)     Absorption of water: Mechanism of absorption of water and nutrients by roots and ascent of sap.
(ii)    Essential mineral elements: Essential elements, deficiency symptoms in plants.
(iii) Photosynthesis: Pigment systems, photophosphorylation, and the fixation of CO₂ through C₃ and C₄ pathways, factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis.
(iv)    Respiration: Mechanism of aerobic and anaerobic respiration and fermentation, respiratory quotient, factors affecting respiration.
(v)    Plant growth regulators: Classification with examples, application of plant growth regulators
(vi)    Physiology of flowering: Photoperiodism and vernalization.
(vii)   Dormancy of seeds: Nature, causes and removal of seed dormancy, the viability of seeds.

Phytochemistry ( Marks: 30)

(i)     Nitrogen metabolism: Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycle.
(ii) Carbohydrates: Classification, of common carbohydrates found in plants.
(iii)   Amino acids: Classification, structure, and synthesis of amino acids.
(iv)   Vitamins: Definition, origin, types, and deficiency diseases caused by Vitamin-A, B, B2, and C
(v) Enzymes: Definition, nomenclature, classification with examples, mechanism of action.

Agronomy and Horticulture ( Marks: 30)

• Definition and scope of Agronomy and Horticulture, classification of field crops.
•  Seeds:  Characteristics of good seed, procurement, quality of seeds, seed treatment.
•  Fertilizers: Definition, classification of fertilizers, composition, dosage, application time, and procedure.
• Crop rotation: Significance, common weeds, and their control.
•  Preparation of seedbed, sowing, and seedling growth; pre-and post-transplanting care.
• Cultivation of tomato, mango, and rose.

Detailed Syllabus of 2nd Year Degree BSc Botany Syllabus(pass Course)
Part-6 (Third Year)

Degree 3rd Year(Part-6)

Genetics  ( Marks: 30)

(i) Mendelism, exceptions of Mendel’s laws.
(ii) Linkage and crossing over; Linked genes and recombination of the linked gene.
(iii) Biochemical structure of DNA and RNA; replication of DNA
(iv) Mutation: Definition, Types of mutation and mutagens, detection of mutation in Drosophila by ClB method.
(v) Sex determination: Different methods of sex determination with examples (XX-XO type, XX-XY type)
(vi) Polyploids and their economic importance plant breeding and evolution

Plant Breeding and Evolution (Marks: 30)

(i)     Introduction: Definition, scope, and objectives of Plant Breeding.
(ii)    Hybridization: Objectives and techniques of artificial hybridization.
(iii)   Breeding techniques in self-pollinated crops: Methods, merits, and demerits of pure line selection and pedigree method.
(iv)Theories of evolution, Darwin’s theory, Lamarck’s theory, and mutation theory of evolution.

Biotechnology(Marks: 20)

• Definition, scope, importance, and achievements of biotechnology.
  • Plant tissue culture: Direct and indirect methods of in vitro culture, culture medium, production of disease-free plants, and commercial aspects of tissue culture.
  • Biogas technology: Production methods and uses.
  • Biofertilizers: Definition, production methods, and uses.

Biostatistics ( Marks: 20)

• Definition and scope of biostatistics, the idea of continuous and discontinuous variables, the concept of population and sample.
• Parameters of measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median) and dispersion (range, variance, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation).

Degree all Year Practical

Practical(Marks: 100) Syllabus

1. Morphological and microscopic examinations of Bacteria, Algae, and Fungi are included in the syllabus.
2. Morphological and microscopic examination of Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, and Gymnosperms is included in the syllabus.
3. Anatomy of a root, and stem (primary and secondary) with single staining technique.
4. T.S. of Anther and ovary.
5. Preparation of root tip squash using acetocarmine to observe and identify different stages of mitosis.
6. Morphological and anatomical adaptations of plants in different ecological conditions.
7. Preparation of lactophenol and cotton blue. Working out of the plant diseases included in the syllabus.
8. Working out of locally available angiosperms and members of the angiosperms families included in the syllabus. The technique of preparation of herbarium sheets.
9. Preparation of compost and seedbed. Raising seedlings, and vegetative propagation by cutting, budding, and layering. Practices of pruning and training in garden plants. Transplantation of rice and vegetables.
10. Setting up the physiological experiments on osmosis, photosynthesis, and respiration in order to know the working principles and expected results.
11. Determination of emasculation and crossing technique.
12. Study of plant population by the quadrate method.
13. i) Identification: fertilizers, seeds, vegetables, and fruits.

ii) Museum specimens and permanent slides.
iii) Botanical names of available local plants.
iv) Economic products included in the syllabus.
v) Plants of morphological and ecological interest

14. Excursion shall be performed in order to study and collect plants from natural habitats, records of field trips should be maintained properly.

15. Practical notebook should be maintained properly and regularly signed by the course teacher.
16. Practical class records duly signed by the course teacher and herbarium sheets as well as other collections have to be submitted on the day of the practical examination.
17. Viva-voce will be held during the practical examination.

Practical(Number Distribution)

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