Syllabus

✅ Unit I: Fundamentals of Plant Life (8 Lectures / 8 Marks)

1.1 Importance of Water: Role in plant growth and survival; Imbibition, Diffusion, Osmosis, Plasmolysis
1.2 Water-Absorbing Systems in Plants: Organs, structures, and their role in water absorption
1.3 Basic Mechanism of Transpiration; Thermoregulation
1.4 Essential Elements (Macro & Micronutrients) for plant growth; Mechanism of nutrient uptake

✅ Unit II: Basic Unit of Life – Plant Cell (7 Lectures / 7 Marks)

2.1 Plant cell and tissues: Structure and functions
2.2 Cell Organelles: Structure and function of

• Cell wall

• Plasma membrane

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

2.3 Cell differentiation and apoptosis in plant development
2.4 Integration of metabolic processes: Anabolism and Catabolism

✅ Unit III: Reproduction in Plants (8 Lectures / 8 Marks)

3.1 Vegetative reproduction in plants: Cutting, Budding, Grafting, Rhizome
3.2 Flower structure and organs
3.3 Pollination: Types and mechanisms
3.4 Fertilization and seed development

✅ Unit IV: Plant Growth (7 Lectures / 7 Marks)

4.1 Growth: Definition, characteristics, and growth phases (Sigmoid curve)
4.2 Plant hormones: Physiological roles and applications of

• Auxins

• Gibberellins

• Cytokinins

• Ethylene

4.3 Basics of photoperiodism and vernalization
4.4 Factors affecting plant growth and development: Water, Temperature, Soil

After Successful completion of the course, the student will be able to -

CO 1: Understand Plant physiology, a sub discipline of Botany concerned with functional aspects of plants.

CO-2: Remember all internal metabolic activities of plants.

CO-3: Understand Photosynthesis, Transpiration, Respiration, reproduction, and plant growth process.

CO-4: Explain the growth and development of plants using additional resources available on the internet using modern ICT tools.