Archegoniate
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Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharyya
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Course Name : Archegoniate
Code(Credit) :CUTM1458(3-2-1)
Course Objectives
To know the principles of Archegoniate taxonomy.
To know economic importance of archegoniate.
Studying the archegoniate phylogeny.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Learn brief summary of the knowledge or skill the course of archegoniate taxonomy.
Knowledge of extant and extinct species of archegoniate.
Course Syllabus
Module-I
Introduction: Unifying features of archegoniates; Transition to land habit; Alternation of generations.
Bryophytes: General characteristics; Adaptations to land habit; Classification; Range of thallus organization.
Type Studies- Bryophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Riccia, Marchantia, Pellia, Porella.
Practice 1:Study of Morphology of thallus of Riccia
Practice 2: Marchantia- Morphology of thallus, whole mount of rhizoids & Scales, vertical section of thallus through Gemma cup, whole mount of Gemmae (all temporary slides), vertical section of Antheridiophore, Archegoniophore, longitudinal section of Sporophyte (all permanent slides).
Practice 3:Study of the Morphology of thallus of Pellia and Porella
Module-II
Type Studies- Bryophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy and reproduction of, Anthoceros, Sphagnum and Funaria.
Practice 4: Anthoceros-Morphology of thallus, dissection of sporophyte (to show stomata, spores, pseudoelaters, columella) (temporary slide), vertical section of thallus.
Practice 5: Sphagnum- Morphology of plant, whole mount of leaf.
Practice 6: Funaria- Morphology, whole mount of leaf, rhizoids, operculum, peristome, annulus, spores (temporary slides); permanent slides showing antheridial and archegonial heads, longitudinal section of capsule and protonema.
Module-III
Reproduction and evolutionary trends in Riccia, Marchantia, Anthoceros and Funaria (developmental stages not included).
Ecological and economic importance of bryophytes with special reference to Sphagnum.
Module-IV
Pteridophytes: General characteristics; Classification; Early land plants (Cooksonia and Rhynia).
Type Studies- Pteridophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Psilotum, Selaginella,(Developmental details not to be included).
Practice 7: Psilotum- Study of specimen, transverse section of synangium.
Practice 8: Selaginella- Morphology, whole mount of leaf with ligule, transverse section of stem, whole mount of strobilus, whole mount of microsporophyll and megasporophyll (temporary slides), longitudinal section of strobilus.
Module-V
Type Studies- Pteridophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy and reproduction Equisetum and Pteris (Developmental details not to be included).
Practice 9: Equisetum- Morphology, transverse section of internode, longitudinal section of strobilus, transversesection of strobilus, whole mount of sporangiophore, whole mount of spores (wet and dry) (temporary slide), transverse section of rhizome.
Practice 10: Pteris- Morphology, transverse section of rachis, vertical section of sporophyll, wholemount of sporangium, whole mount of spores (temporary slides), transverse section of rhizome, whole mount of prothallus with sex organs and young sporophyte.
Module-VI
Apogamy, and apospory, heterospory and seed habit, telome theory, stellar evolution; Ecological and economic importance.
Module-VII
Gymnosperms: General characteristics, classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Cycas, Pinus and Gnetum (Developmental details not to be included); Ecological and economic importance.
Practice 11: Cycas- Morphology (coralloid roots, bulbil, leaf), whole mount of microsporophyll, transverse section of coralloid root, transverse section of rachis, vertical section of leaflet, vertical section of microsporophyll, whole mount of spores (temporary slides), longitudinal section of ovule, transverse section of root (permanent slide).
Practice 12: Pinus- Morphology (long and dwarf shoots, whole mount of dwarf shoot, male and female cones), transverse section of Needle, transverse section of stem, longitudinal section of / transverse section of male cone, whole mount of microsporophyll, whole mount of Microspores (temporary slides), longitudinal section of female cone, tangential longitudinal section & radial longitudinal sections stem (permanent slide).
Text Book:
1. Vashistha, P.C., Sinha, A.K., Kumar, A. (2010). Pteridophyta. S. Chand. Delhi, India.
2. Bhatnagar, S.P. &Moitra, A. (1996). Gymnosperms. New Age International (P) Ltd Publishers, New Delhi, India.
Reference Book:
1.Parihar, N.S. (1991). An introduction to Embryophyta: Vol. I. Bryophyta. Central Book Depot. Allahabad.
2.Raven, P.H., Johnson, G.B., Losos, J.B., Singer, S.R. (2005). Biology. Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.
3.Vanderpoorten, A. &Goffinet, B. (2009) Introduction to Bryophytes. Cambridge University Press.
Session Plan
Session 1
Module 1
Introduction: Unifying features of archegoniates; Transition to land habit; Alternation of generations.
https://www.slideshare.net/sumitsangwan5815/alternation-of-generation-in-archegoniates
Session 2
Bryophytes: General characteristics; Adaptations to land habit
Session 3
Bryophytes: Classification; Range of thallus organization
https://www.slideshare.net/sumitachoudhary/riccia-ppt
Session 4
Type Studies-Bryophytes: Classification(up to family), morphology,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Z3S8oos6U
https://www.slideshare.net/HimanshiChauhan1/bryophytes-119356631
https://www.slideshare.net/nafeesanaeem5/bryophytes-47673087
Session 6 (Practice 1)
Riccia–Study of Morphology of thallus
Session 7
Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy of Marchantia
Session 9 (Practice 2)
Marchantia- Morphology of thallus, whole mount of rhizoids & Scales, vertical section of thallus through Gemma cup, whole mount of Gemmae (all temporary slides),Vertical section of Antheridiophore, Archegoniophore, longitudinal section of Sporophyte (all permanent slides).
Session 10 (Practice 3)
Pellia & Porella- Study of Morphology of thallus
Session 11
Classification (up to family), morphology of Pellia and Anatomy of Pellia & Reproduction of Pellia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57XSNRp6H4
Session 12
Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Porella
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/botany/bryophytes/reproduction-in-porella-with-diagram/46271
Session 13
Module 2
Type Studies-Bryophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology of Anthoceros
Session 14
Anatomy of Anthoceros and Reproduction of Anthoceros
Session 15 (Practice 4)
Anthoceros- Morphology of thallus, dissection of sporophyte (to show stomata, spores, pseudoelaters,columella) (temporary slide), vertical section of thallus.
Session 16
Classification (up to family), morphology of Sphagnum
Session 17
Anatomy, Reproduction of Sphagnum
https://www.slideshare.net/jayakar/life-cycle-ofsphagnum
Session 18 (Practice 5)
Sphagnum- Morphology of plant, whole mount of leaf.
Session 19
Classification (up to family), Morphology of Funaria and Anatomy of Funaria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KdJ6WCzhRE
Session 21 (Practice 6)
Funaria- Morphology, whole mount of leaf, rhizoids, operculum, peristome, annulus, spores (temporary slides); permanent slides showing antheridial and archegonial heads, longitudinal section of capsule and protonema.
Session 22
Module 3
Reproduction trends in Riccia, Marchantia, Anthoceros and Funaria
https://www.slideshare.net/gohilsanjay3/evolution-of-the-sporophyte-in-brophytes
Session 23
Evolutionary trends in Riccia, Marchantia, Anthoceros and Funaria (developmental stages not included)
https://www.slideshare.net/TRIDIPBORUAH1/origin-and-evolution-of-bryophytes
Session 24 (Assignment 1)
Ecological importance of bryophytes
Economic importance of bryophytes with special reference to Sphagnum
Session 25 (Assignment 2)
Session 27 (Assignment 3)
Early land plants (Cooksonia)
https://www.jkcprl.ac.in/download/11567159459.pdf
https://www.slideshare.net/alihaider408/cooksonia
Early land plants (Rhynia) (Assignment 4)
Session 28
Type Studies-Pteridophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy of Psilotum
http://premabotany.blogspot.com/2018/12/psilotum-classification-structure-of.html
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/pterophyta/psilotales.html
Session 29
Reproduction of Psilotum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYgGNt5eBG0
Classification (up to family), morphology, anatomy of Selaginella
http://cms.gcg11.ac.in/attachments/article/115/Selaginella.pdf
Session 30 (Practice 7)
Psilotum- Study of specimen, transverse section of synangium.
Session 31
Reproduction of Selaginella (Developmental details not to be included)
https://www.slideshare.net/PresentMam/mature-sporophyte-2n
Module 5
Type Studies-Pteridophytes: Classification (up to family), morphology of Equisetum
https://www.slideshare.net/SijoA/vegetative-characters-of-equisetum
Session 32 (Practice 8)
Selaginella- Morphology, whole mount of leaf with ligule, transverse section of stem, whole mount of strobilus, whole mount of microsporophyll and megasporophyll (temporary slides), longitudinal section of strobilus.
Session 33
Anatomy of Equisetum and Reproduction of Equisetum
http://premabotany.blogspot.com/2018/12/equisetum.html
Session 34 (Practice 9)
Equisetum- Morphology, transverse section of internode, longitudinal section of strobilus, transverse section of strobilus, whole mount of sporangiophore, whole mount of spores (wet and dry) (temporary slide), transverse section of rhizome.
Session 35
Classification (up to family), morphology of Pteris and Anatomy of Pteris
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/botany/pteridophyta/pteris-structure-and-reproduction/45952
https://www.dcnicholls.com/byzantium/ferns/about.html
Session 36 (Practice 10)
Pteris- Morphology, transverse section of rachis, vertical section of sporophyll, wholemount of sporangium, whole mount of spores (temporary slides), transverse section of rhizome, whole mount of prothallus with sex organs and young sporophyte.
Session 38 (Assignment 6)
Session 40
Reproduction of Pteris (Developmental details not to be included)
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/botany/pteridophyta/pteris-structure-and-reproduction/45952
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0d47/49282a4b2d9cacbc47de7d0364f230a55af7.pdf
Session 43 (Assignment 9)
Session 44
Module 7
Gymnosperms : General characteristics, Classification (up to family)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9PPsMsAnv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6Xw9aGu-s
https://www.slideshare.net/Wabworld/gymnosperms-151088949
https://www.slideshare.net/chetnashukla2/presentation-of-gymnosperm
https://www.slideshare.net/gohilsanjay3/giologicale-rise-and-fall-of-gymnosperm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdGbTk-4dLs
Session 45
Classification (up to family),Morphology, anatomy and reproduction of Cycas
https://www.slideshare.net/MohdTariq25/gymnosperm-characteristics
https://www.slideshare.net/SyedaFari2/cycas
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16714/1/Unit-2.pdf
Session 46 (Practice 11)
Cycas- Morphology (coralloid roots, bulbil, leaf), whole mount of microsporophyll,T S of coralloid root, T S of rachis, VS of leaflet,VS of microsporophyll, whole mount of spores, LS of ovule, TS of root.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e6fdE8WVTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrVdHaDNzzY
Session 47
Classification (up to family), morphology and anatomy of Pinus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfByZGtF-BY
https://www.slideshare.net/MohdTariq25/gymnosperm-characteristics
http://cms.gcg11.ac.in/attachments/article/61/Pinus%20Structure%20and%20Reproduction.pdf
Session 49 (Practice 12)
Pinus - Morphology (long and dwarf shoots, whole mount of dwarf shoot, male and female cones), TS of Needle, TS of stem, LS of /TS of male cone, whole mount of microsporophyll, whole mount of Microspores, LS of female cone, tangential longitudinal section & radial LS of stem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-leMR0IMbo&t=78s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TetsFV4EU68&t=19s
Session 50
Classification (up to family), morphology and anatomy of Gnetum
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16723/1/SubUnit-4B.pdf
https://www.slideshare.net/bungotsaMIMING/gnetophyta-gymnosperm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFGACI2_Kmg
Session 51
Reproduction of Gnetum (Developmental details not to be included)
Session 52 (Assignment 10)
Ecological and economic importance of gymnosperms
https://www.slideshare.net/SARASilpi/gymnosperms-10047007
https://www.slideshare.net/JasmineBrar4/gymnosperms-and-their-economic-importance
https://www.slideshare.net/BhimsenKumar2/presentation1-113232423
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZK9OiIdmy4
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VIEW PROFILEDr. Shantanu Bhattacharyya works as an Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, at the Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bolangir Campus, Odisha, India. He has received his M.Sc. (Life Science- Botany) and M.Phil (Life Sciences) from Sambalpur University, Orissa, India and B.Ed. from Singhania University, Rajasthan India. He qualified GATE-2007, CSIR-UGC NET LS -2008. He […]