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| 24 February - 2 March |
Water relations in plants and its role in plant metabolism |
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Functions of water in plant system. |
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Properties of water |
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Diffusion |
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| 3 March - 9 March |
OSMOSIS |
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OSMOTIC PRESSURE |
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ENDOSMOSIS |
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EXOSMOSIS |
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SIGNIFICANCE OF OSMOSIS IN PLANTS |
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Differences between diffusion and osmosis |
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IMBIBITION |
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Significance of imbibitions |
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| 10 March - 16 March |
WATER POTENTIAL |
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MATRIC POTENTIAL |
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SOLUTE POTENTIAL |
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OSMOTIC PRESSURE |
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PRESSURE POTENTIAL |
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ABSORPTION OF WATER |
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Field capacity or water holding capacity of the soil |
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Permanent wilting percentage |
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Mechanism of water absorption |
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Active absorption of water |
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Passive absorption of water |
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Factors affecting absorption of water |
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Differences between active and passive water absorption |
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| 17 March - 23 March |
THEORIES OF ASCENT OF SAP |
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Mechanism of ascent of sap |
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Factors affecting ascent of sap |
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Root Pressure |
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| 24 March - 30 March |
Translocation of organic solutes |
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Significance of Translocation |
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Direction of Translocation |
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Path of Translocation |
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Conditions Essential for Translocation |
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Path of Translocation (or) Tissue Concerned with Translocation- Evidences |
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Mechanism of Translocation of Solutes |
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| 31 March - 6 April |
TRANSPIRATION |
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Types of Transpiration |
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Different Types of Stomata |
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Mechanism of stomatal transpiration |
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| 7 April - 13 April |
MECHANISM OF STOMATAL MOVEMENT |
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Significance of Transpiration |
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Transpiration as a necessary evil |
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Factors affecting transpiration |
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| 14 April - 20 April |
TYPES AND USE OF ANTITRANSPIRATION |
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Features and Use of ideal antitranspirent |
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GUTTATION |
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Differences between Transpiration and Guttation |
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Differences between Transpiration and Evaporation |
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BLEEDING |
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| 21 April - 27 April |
MINERAL NUTRITION |
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Essential elements |
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Criteria of Essentiality of Elements |
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Mechanism of ion exchange |
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Mechanism of Mineral uptake by Plants |
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| 28 April - 4 May |
Factors Affecting Salt Absorption |
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Physiological Roles of Essential Elements |
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| 5 May - 11 May |
NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS IN CROPS |
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Occurrence of Deficiency Symptoms |
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Appearance of symptoms on young and older leaves |
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INDICATOR CROPS |
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| 12 May - 18 May |
PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
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Photosynthetic apparatus |
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Photosynthetic pigments |
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Location of photosynthetic pigments in chloroplast |
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Absorption spectra of chlorophyll |
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Red drop and Emerson’s enhancement effect |
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Photosystems (Two pigments systems) |
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Mechanism of photosynthesis |
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Light reaction or Primary photochemical reaction or Hill’s reaction |
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Cyclic electron transport and cyclic photophosphorylation |
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Non cyclic photophosphorylation |
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| 19 May - 25 May |
CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION-- Dark reaction or Blackman’s reaction |
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Calvin cycle or C3 cycle |
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C4 cycle or Hatch and Slack pathway |
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Structural Peculiarities of C4 Plants: |
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Comparison of the plants of C3 and C4 cycle |
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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM Cycle) |
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Photorespiration |
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Factors Influencing Photosynthesis |
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Inhibitors of Photosynthetic Process |
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| 26 May - 1 June |
PHYTOHORMONES |
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Characteristics of Phytohormones |
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Classes of plant hormones |
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| 2 June - 8 June |
ROLE OF PHYTOHORMONES- ABA |
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Ethylene |
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Brassinolides (Brassinosteroids) |
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Other identified plant growth regulators |
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| 9 June - 15 June |
Stress Physiology |
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HOW TO DEFINE THE WORD "STRESS" |
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Effect and Types of stress |
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| 16 June - 22 June |
Mechanism of tolerance of stress in plant |
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Drought resistance |
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| 23 June - 29 June |
SALT STRESS |
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Classification of plants depending on the tolerance towards the salt concentration. |
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HEAT STRESS |
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Freezing damage |
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HARDENING (ACCLIMATION) |
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| 7 July - 13 July |
Acknowledgement |
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