SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi Lesson Plan ( ) Department of Botany

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1 SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi Lesson Plan ( ) Department of Botany Title of the Paper: Biodiversity I (Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniate) Course Name: B.Sc. Life sciences I Year Paper No.: BTPC-101 Semester: 1 st Paper Code: Name of Teachers: Dr. Anjana Sagar () Dr. Ritu Pandey () Dr. Preeti Kaur () S. No. Weeks Faculty names Units Topics Tests/ Assignments 1 20/07 to 23/07 Unit 4: introduction to archegoniate Unifying features of Archegoniate, transition to land habit 2 25/07 to 30/07 Unit 4: introduction to archegoniate Alteration of generation, revision of unit 4 General characteristics; Ecology and distribution; Range of thallus organization 3 01/08 to 06/08 Unit 5: Bryophytes General characteristics of bryophytes, adaptation to land habit Reproduction; Classification of algae;

2 Introduction- General characteristics, ecology and significance, Unit 5: Bryophytes Classification of bryophytes 4 08/08 to 13/08 Classification of algae; Range of thallus organization, cell wall composition, Separate assignments are given to individual students (lottery system) 5 16/08 to 20/08 Unit 5: Bryophytes Range of thallus organization, Marchantia; morphology, anatomy Nostoc, Nutrition & reproduction /08 to 27/08 29/08 to 03/09 05/09 to 10/09 Unit 5: Bryophytes Marchantia; reproduction Chlamydomonas classification, Unit 5: Bryophytes Funaria: classification, morphology, anatomy, revision of unit 5 Oedogonium Economic importance of Fung ; True Fungi- General characteristics of Zygomycota Unit 5: Bryophytes Funaria: reproduction Vaucheria Ecology, significance and life cycle of Rhizopus (Zygomycota),

3 9 12/09 to 17/09 Unit 5: Bryophytes Ecology and economic importance of bryophyte with special mention of Sphagnum Ecology and significance of Ascomycota Test 16/09/ /09 to 24/ /09 to 1/ /10 to 8/10 and Unit 7: Gymnosperms General characteristics of pteridophytes, classification and introduction of early land plants. Selaginella: morphology, anatomy and reproduction, Heterospory and seed habit Fucus Life cycle of Penicillium,Alternaria (Ascomycota); Equisetum: morphology, anatomy and reproduction Polysiphonia Alternaria (Ascomycota); Ecology significance and life cycle of Agaricus (Basidiomycetes), Pteris: morphology, anatomy and reproduction, Revision of Unit 6 Economic importance of algae. General characteristics and classification of gymnosperms True Fungi- General characteristics, ecology and significance, life cycle of Puccinia 17/09/16 Internal assessment test 26/09/16- internal assessment test

4 /10 11/10 to 16/10 17/10 to 22/10, Unit 1: Microbes Semester break Ecological and economic importance of pteridophytes, Viruses: discovery, general structure and replication General characteristics and classification of gymnosperms Symbiotic Associations - Lichens: General account, reproduction and significance; Re-Test: 22/10/ /10 to 29/10 Viruses: lytic and lysogenic cycle, RNA virus, economic importance morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Pinus. Mycorrhiza: ectomycorrhiza and endomycorrhiza and their significance; 16 31/10 to 5/11 Bacteria: discovery, general characteristics and cell structure, vegetative reprodcution Ecological and economical importance Morphology & anatomy of Cycas 17 07/11 to 12/11 Bacteria: reproduction- asexual and recombination, economic importance, Revision of unit 1 REVISION REVISION

5 Reproduction of Cycas