Contents

1. Plant Life Forms

1. Plant as a Life Form

2. Introduction to Plant Groups and their Characters

2. Major Aspects of Plant Sciences

1. Structural Aspects of Plant Sciences  

2. Morphology of Vegetative Structures   

3. Morphology of Reproductive Plant Organs

3. Plant Cell Biology

1. Unique Features of a Plant Cell 

2. Structure of a Plant Cell 

3. Salient Features of Plant Cell  

4. Plant Cell Wall     

4. Internal Organization of Plant Organs

1. Plant Anatomy 

2. Root    

3. Stem    

4. Leaf    

5. Anatomy of flower   

5. Permeability

1. Permeability  

2. Diffusion     

3. Osmosis 

6. Absorption and Adsorption of Water

1. Introduction  

2. Role of Water in the Plants     

3. Pathway of Water Absorption     

4. Factors affecting Water Absorption    

5. Ascent of Sap 

7. Major Pathways in Plant Metabolism

1. Photosynthesis

2. Respiration   

8. Mineral Nutrition

1. Introduction  

2. Role and Deficiency Symptoms of N, P and K  

9. Photobiology  

1. Metabolism, Photomorphogenesis (Vegetative) and Movement

10. Physiology of Flowering  

1. Physiology of Flowering   

11. Plant Growth Regulators  

1. Plant Growth Regulators