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The given syllabus may vary from the actual syllabus because you haven't mentioned your institute name so I have provided a general syllabus:

Paper I: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, & Fungi

Unit-I

History, nature and classification of Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi Whittaker's 5 kingdom classification, History of virology and bacteriology; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure structure, classification and nature of viruses; structure and classification (based on cell structure) of bacteria; classification, thallus organization and reproduction in fungi; economic importance of fungi.

Unit-II

Viruses: Symptoms of virus infection in plants; transmission of plant viruses; genome organization, replication of plant virus (tobacco mosaic virus); structure and multiplication of bacteriophages; structure and multiplication of viroids and prions.

Unit-III

Bacteria: Nutritional types of bacteria (based on carbon and energy sources), metabolism in different nutritional types bacterial genome and plasmids; reproduction, variability in bacteria - mutation, staining; economic importance.

Unit-IV

Fungi: The characteristics and life cycles of the following: Mastigomycotina: Albugo, Pythium,; Phytopthora Ascomycotina: Aspergillus; Morchella; Basidiomycotina : Ustilago, Puccinia, Agaricus; Deuteromycotina: Alternaria.

Paper II - Diversity of Algae, Lichens, and Bryophytes

Unit-I

General characters. Range of thallus organization, classification, ultrastructure of eukaryotic algal cell and cyanobacterial cell, economic importance of algae. Lichens, classification, thallus organization, reproduction, physiology and role in environmental pollution.

Unit-II

Characteristics and life cycles of the following:- Cyanophyta Microcystis, Oscillatoria :Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas Volvox, Hydrodictyon, Oedogonium, Coleochaete, Chara; Bacillariophyta Navicula; Xanthopyta Vaucheria; Phaeophyta; Ectocarpus, Sargassum Rhodophyta Polysiphonia

Unit – III

Bryophytes, general characters, classification, reproduction and affinities. Gametophytic and soporophytic organization of: Bryopsida: Sphagnum; Anthocerotopsida: Anthoceros

Unit - IV

Gametophytic and sporophytic organization of Hepaticopsida : Riccia, Marchantia.

Paper III – Diversity of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and elementary Palaeobotany

Unit - I

Pteridophytes: General features, classification, stellar system and its evolution. Comparative study of morphology, anatomy, development, vegetative and reproductive systems of following: Lycopsida - Lycopodium, Selaginella;Psilopsida- Rhynia

Unit – II

General and comparative account of gametophytic and sprophytic system in Filicopsida -Pteridium, Marsilea. Heterospory and seed habit.

Unit - III

Gymnosperms: General characters, classification. Comparative study of morphology, anatomy, development of vegetative and reproductive parts in: Cycadales: Cycas, Coniferales: Pinus

Unit –IV

Study of morphology, anatomy, development and reproductive parts in: Coniferales – Pinus ; Gnetales - Ephedra Affinities and relationship of Gymnosperms, evolutionary significance. Elementary Palaeobotany: general account, types of fossils, methods of fossilization and geological time scale.

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