This course will enable the students to-
Course Outcomes (COs):
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BOT 102 |
Lichens, Fungi and Plant Pathology |
On completion of this course, the students will be able to; CO6: Develop an understanding about the structure, pigmentation, food reserves and methods of reproduction of Fungi and appreciate their adaptive strategies. CO7: Develop an understanding about nutritional and medicinal value of edible mushrooms & poisonous mushrooms which would enable them to be successful entrepreneurs. CO8: Demonstrate skills in laboratory, field and glasshouse work related to the Cultivation techniques of mushroom. CO9: Develop understanding on the concept of microbial nutrition, their reproduction/ recombination CO10: Classify Lichens based on their characteristics and structures and study their economic importance specially in the context of ecology. CO11: Identify true fungi and demonstrate the principles and application of plant pathology in the control of plant disease. CO12: Identify the common plant diseases according to geographical locations and device control measures. |
Class lectures Seminars Tutorials Group discussions and Workshops Question |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Lichens: General characters, structure, reproduction and economic importance.
Mycoplasma: General characters, structure, reproduction and economic importance.
Phytoplasma: General characters, structure, reproduction and economic importance.
Fungi I: General characters, classification and economic importance, parasexual cycle, heterothallism, mushroom cultivation, poisonous fungi, fungi in medicine.
Fungi II: General characters, classification and economic importance, life history of –
Plant Pathology I: History and scope of plant pathology, general account of diseases caused by plant pathogens, significance of plant diseases, pathogen attack and defence mechanisms.
Plant Pathology II: Symptomatology, causal organism, disease cycle and control of the following plant diseases: Tobacco mosaic virus, bhindi yellow mosaic, little leaf of brinjal, citrus canker, white rust of crucifers, green ear disease of bajra, late blight of potato, rust and smut of wheat.
Links:
[1] https://botany.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/lichens-fungi-and-plant-pathology-6
[2] https://botany.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2021-2022