NTRCA college written syllabus

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Plant growth regulators: auxins, gibberillins, cytoki nins, 
and ethylene.  
 Plant Biochemistry  
- define and describe major 
components of Biochemistry  
- classify the biochemical 
compounds 
- explain distribution, 
characters, structures, 
functions of different types of 
carbohydrates, amino acids, 
proteins, terpenoids, lipids, 
enzymes.  
- analyze the plant 
biochemical compounds. 
Carbohydrates: introduction, distribution, classification, 
biochemical importance of monosaccharide, 
oligosaccharides. polysaccharides.  
 
Amino acids: introduction, classification, properties and 
biosynthesis of amino acids. 
Proteins: introduction, classification, properties, 
structures, importance of proteins.  
Lipids and fatty acids: introduction, classification, 
properties and importance of lipids and fatty acid 
Enzymes, terpenoids, alkaloids, vitamins, phenolic 
compounds.  
 
Unit 8 (Question 8) 10 
 Cytology  
- define and characterize the 
important items of cell and 
cytology  
- illustrate and compare 
cytological components,  
- describe major issues of cell 
biology  
- explain critical points of cell 
division  
- compare related topics of 
cell and cell division  
- evaluate or judge the 
valuable matters  
- identify problems related to 
cell biology.    
Prokaryotic Cell: PPLO:  discovery, physical and 
chemical structure, and importance. 
Eukaryotic cell: ultra structure of a generalized plant and 
animal cells. Differences between: (i) prokaryotic and 
eukaryotic cells, (ii) plant and animal cells.  
 
Cell organelles: physical and chemical structures, 
functions. cell wall, cell me mbrane, mitochondria, 
plastids, ribosome, Golgi complex.    
Nucleus: discovery, morphology: nuclear membrane, 
nuclear pore, nuclear bleb, nucleoplasm, chromatin net, 
chromocenters, chromosomes and nucleolus. 
Cell division: cell- cycle, amitosis, mito sis, meiosis and 
their biological significance.  
Chromosome: physical structure, chemical components 
and function. 
DNA packing in a chromosome with special reference to 
nucleosome model, histone and non -histone proteins, 
euchromatin and heterochromatin. 
 
 Cytogenetics  
- define and characterize the 
important terms of 
cytogenetics 
- illustrate and compare 
cytogenetical components  
- describe major items of 
chromosomal behaviour   
- compare related topics  
- evaluate the valuable matters  
- recognize and recommend 
problems of human 
cytogenetics.    
Chromosomal aberration - a general classification. 
deletion, duplication, inversion, translocation.  
 
Numerical aberrations- a brief overview.  
Aneuploid:  hyperploid: trisomic. hypoploid: 
monosomics and nullisomics. 
Euploid: haploid; and polyploid; triploid, autotetraploid,  
allopolyploid, autoallopolyploid and segmental 
allopolyploid. 
Human cytogenetics: introduction (i) Down’s syndrome, 
(ii) Patau’s syndrome, (iii) Edward’s syndrome, (iv) 
Kleinefelter’s syndrome, and (v) Turner’s syndrome.