M.Sc. Phycology Syllabus

Phycology (General Paper Sem-I)

Bot/Gen/Th/103 (Theory)                                                                         Full Marks – 50

                                                                                                            Lecture hrs. : 50

1. Modern criteria of algae classification with special emphasis on chloroplast ultrastructure, flagella and pigments.

2. Cyanophyta : General features & ecology; genetic recombination; heterocyst structure and function; affinities.

3. Rhodophyta : General features; specialities in sexual reproduction and postfertilization changes.

4. Chlorophyta; Charecteristic features of different classes highlighting distinctive features of different orders; evolutionary trends.

5. Ochrophyta :

a) Xanthophyceae : General features, parallelism with green algae & affinities.

b) Bacillariophyceae : Cell structure; auxospore formation in Centrales and Pennales.

c) Phaeophyceae : General features and ecology, life patterns.

6. Economic and applied aspects of algae.

Bot/Gen/Prac/106                                                                        

                                                                                                             Practical Full marks : 20

1. Collection and identification of local algae of West Bengal.

2. Study of common phytoplankton.

3. Study of representative marine algae.

Phycology,

Special Paper-I (Sem-III)                                                              FM- 50, LH- 50

                     

1. Work done on freshwater algae with special reference to India & Contributions of Prof. M. O. P. Iyengar.                                                                                                                                    2. Distribution pattern of Marine algae in Indian coasts.                                                      

3. Endosymbiosis and origin of Eukaryotic algae        

3. Green cyanobacteria: their taxonomic status.                                                                

4. Charophytes & origin of land plants.                                                                               

5. Dinoflagellates: distinctive features & importance.                                                          

6. Desmids: taxonomy & importance.                                                                                

7. A brief study of the following classes of algae:                                                              

a)  Prymnesiophyceae

b) Raphidophyceae

c)  Chrysophyceae

d) Euglenophyceae

8. Biochemical taxonomy of algae.                                                                                     

9. Fossil algae & their importance.                                                                                    

 

Phycology Special paper-II              F.M. 50, 50L

 

  1. Phylogeny of algal plastids.                                                                                     
  2. Ultrastructure of flagella and its taxonomic importance.                                     
  3. Carbon dioxide concentrating mechanism (CCM) in algae.                                   
  4. Ecology of freshwater algae: factors (light, temperature, chemical & current) and distribution                                                                                                                          
  1. Algae of unusual habitats: thermal algae, cryoalgae & halotolerant forms; endozoic and endophytic forms.                                                                                                   
  2. Extracellular products of algae & toxic algae.                                                          
  3. Algae in Biotic associations.
  4. Algal biotechnology with special reference to health food, biocosmetics, medicine, hydrocarbon production, biomonitoring and bioremediation.                              
  5. Control of aquatic algae.                                                                                             
  6. Biogeochemical role of algae                                                                                     
  7. Isolation, purification & growth characteristics in relation to algal culture; indoor and outdoor cultivation culture; photobioreactors.                                                                        

      

Practical (Special Paper)                                                                                              F.M. 50          

  1. Collection, fixation & preservation techniques for different types of algae for different purposes.
  2. How to study, describe, & prepare key up to species level using standard characters.
  3. Study of Indian marine algae.
  4. Determination of plankton; species diversity index and algal pollution index of a water body using phytoplankton; study of common phytoplanktons.
  5. Culture of algae.
  6. Cytology of algae.  
 
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