Civil Service Botany Main Exam Paper One Syllabus
1. Microbiology and Plant Pathology: Structure and reproduction/multiplication of viruses, viruses bacteria, fungi and mycoplasma; Applications of microbiology in agriculture, industry, medicine and in control of soil water pollution; Prion and Prion hypothesis.
Important crop diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma, fungi and nematodes; Modes of infection and dissemination; Molecular basis of infection and disease resistance/defence;Physiology of parasitism and control measures; Fungal toxins; Modeling and disease forecasting; Plant quarantine.
2. Cryptogams: Algae, Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes-structure and reproduction from evolutionary viewpoint; Distribution of Cryptogams in India and their ecological and economic importance.
3. Phanerogams:Gymnosperms:Concept of Progymnosperms;Classification and distribution of Gymnosperms; Salient features of Cycadales,Ginkgoales,Coniferales and Gentiles, their structure and reproduction; General account of Cycadofilicales,Bennettitales and Cordaitales; Geological time scale; Type of fossils and their study techniques.
Angiosperms: Systematics, anatomy, embryology, palynology and phylogeny.
Taxonomic hierarchy; International Code of Botanical Nomenclature; Numercial taxonomy and chemotaxonomy; Evidence from anatomy, embryology and palynology.
Origin and evolution of angiosperms; Comparative account of various systems of classification of angiosperms; Study of angiosperm families-Mangnoliaceae,Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, Rosaceae,Fabaceae,Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Apiaceae,Asclepiadaceae, Verbenaceae, Solanaceae,Rubiaceae,Cucurbitaceae,Asteraceae, Poaceae, Arecaceae,Lililaceae, Musaceae and Orchidaceae.
Stomata and their types; Glandular and non-glandular trichomes;Unusual secondary growth; Anatomy of C 3 and C 4 plants; Xylem and phloem differention; Wood anatomy.
Development of male and female gametophytes, pollination, fertilization; Endosperm-its development and function; Patterns of embryo development; Polyembroyony and apomixes; Applications of palynology; Experimental embryology including pollen storage and test-tube fertilization.
4. Plant Resource Development: Domestication and introduction of plants; Origin of cultivated plants; Vavilov’s centers of origin; Plants as sources for food , fodder , fiber, spices, beverages , edible oils, drugs, narcotics, insecticides , timber , gums, resins and dyes, latex, cellulose, starch and its products; Perfumery; Importance of Ethnobotany in Indian context; Energy plantations; Botanical Gardens and Herbaria
5 Morohogenesis:Totipotency,polarity ,symmetry and differentiation ;Cell, tissue, organ and protoplast culture; Somatic hybrids and Cybrids;Micropropagation; Somaclonal variation and its applications; Pollen haploids, embryo rescue methods and their applications.
1. Microbiology and Plant Pathology: Structure and reproduction/multiplication of viruses, viruses bacteria, fungi and mycoplasma; Applications of microbiology in agriculture, industry, medicine and in control of soil water pollution; Prion and Prion hypothesis.
Important crop diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma, fungi and nematodes; Modes of infection and dissemination; Molecular basis of infection and disease resistance/defence;Physiology of parasitism and control measures; Fungal toxins; Modeling and disease forecasting; Plant quarantine.
2. Cryptogams: Algae, Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes-structure and reproduction from evolutionary viewpoint; Distribution of Cryptogams in India and their ecological and economic importance.
3. Phanerogams:Gymnosperms:Concept of Progymnosperms;Classification and distribution of Gymnosperms; Salient features of Cycadales,Ginkgoales,Coniferales and Gentiles, their structure and reproduction; General account of Cycadofilicales,Bennettitales and Cordaitales; Geological time scale; Type of fossils and their study techniques.
Angiosperms: Systematics, anatomy, embryology, palynology and phylogeny.
Taxonomic hierarchy; International Code of Botanical Nomenclature; Numercial taxonomy and chemotaxonomy; Evidence from anatomy, embryology and palynology.
Origin and evolution of angiosperms; Comparative account of various systems of classification of angiosperms; Study of angiosperm families-Mangnoliaceae,Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, Rosaceae,Fabaceae,Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Apiaceae,Asclepiadaceae, Verbenaceae, Solanaceae,Rubiaceae,Cucurbitaceae,Asteraceae, Poaceae, Arecaceae,Lililaceae, Musaceae and Orchidaceae.
Stomata and their types; Glandular and non-glandular trichomes;Unusual secondary growth; Anatomy of C 3 and C 4 plants; Xylem and phloem differention; Wood anatomy.
Development of male and female gametophytes, pollination, fertilization; Endosperm-its development and function; Patterns of embryo development; Polyembroyony and apomixes; Applications of palynology; Experimental embryology including pollen storage and test-tube fertilization.
4. Plant Resource Development: Domestication and introduction of plants; Origin of cultivated plants; Vavilov’s centers of origin; Plants as sources for food , fodder , fiber, spices, beverages , edible oils, drugs, narcotics, insecticides , timber , gums, resins and dyes, latex, cellulose, starch and its products; Perfumery; Importance of Ethnobotany in Indian context; Energy plantations; Botanical Gardens and Herbaria
5 Morohogenesis:Totipotency,polarity ,symmetry and differentiation ;Cell, tissue, organ and protoplast culture; Somatic hybrids and Cybrids;Micropropagation; Somaclonal variation and its applications; Pollen haploids, embryo rescue methods and their applications.
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