NTRCA college written syllabus

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- compare the characters of 
the selected families and their 
species 
- illustrate identifying features 
of families 
- analyze the phylogeny of 
families. 
Identifying characters of the selected families and 
scientific name of important plants of each family: 
Magnoliaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae, Fabaceae, 
Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Liliaceae, and 
Orchidaceae. 
 Economic Botany  
- describe the important terms 
of Economic botany 
 
- enlist economically 
important plant with local 
name, scientific name and 
part use 
- describe commercial 
processing of tea, sugar and 
rubber 
- analyze the cultivation 
feasibility of tea, sugarcane 
and rubber.  
Introduction: definition, scope and importance of 
Economic Botany. 
 
Local and scientific names, parts used and importance of 
10 plants of each of the following groups: cereals, pulses, 
oil, fiber, timber, fruit, vegetables, spices, and medicinal 
plants. 
 
Tea, rubber and sugarcane cultivation, processing and 
economic importance. 
 
 Ethnobotany  
- define the important items of 
ethnobotany 
- explain major indigenous 
plants of Bangladesh 
- identify beneficial and 
harmful effects of plants.  
Introduction: Definition, aims and objectives of 
ethnobotanical studies. 
 
Pharmacology and pharmacopoeia.  
Hallucinogenic, allergenic, teratogenic, poisonous plants, 
plants with pesticide properties, sacred plants and their 
uses. 
Major 10 indigenous medicinal plants of Bangladesh. 
 
Unit 7 (Question 7) 10 
 Plant Physiology  
- describe the plant physico -
chemical phenomena 
- explain the mechanism of 
physiological processes 
including transpiration, 
photosynthesis, respiration, 
photorespiration, translocation 
and water and ion absorption 
- compare related 
physiological processes  
- identify physiological 
effects of growth regulators  
- evaluate plant nutrition 
- describe the physiology of 
flowering. 
Life related physico -chemical phenomena: diffusion, 
imbibitions, osmosis, osmotic pressure, plasmolysis, 
colloidal state, root pressure, protoplasm as colloidal 
system. 
 
Essential elements: general function of micro and macro 
elements in plant growth and development, symptoms of 
mineral deficiency. 
Water absorption ; ions absorption; translocation; 
transpiration. 
Photosynthesis: light reaction - cyclic and non -cyclic 
photophosphorylation, C3, C4, and CAM pathways.   
Respiration: aerobic respiration: glycolysis, acetyl CoA 
formation, TCA cycle and electron trans port system; 
anaerobic respiration.  
Physiology of flowering: photoperiodism;  vernalization.  
Nitrogen metabolism: source of nitrogen, mechanism of 
physical and biological nitrogen fixation.