PREV

• Week-1:1. Introduction: history and recent developments in ecology Lab-1. Determination of physico-chemical properties of soil and water.
• Week-2: 2. Soil: Nature and properties of soil (Physical and Chemical).Water in the soil-plant- atmosphere continuum.
• Week-3: The ionic environment and plant ionic relations, Nutrient cycling. Lab-3. Measurements of wind velocity.
• Week-4: 2.2. Physiology and ecology of N, S, P and K nutrition. Heavy metals (brief description), Salt and drought stress and osmoregulation. Lab-4.
• Week-5: 3 Light and temperature: Nature of light, Factors affecting the variation, Responses of plants, Adaptation to temperature extremes, Lab-5.
• Week-6: Carbon dioxide: Stomatal responses, water loss and CO2 assimilalion rates of plants in contrasting environments. Lab-6.
• Week-7: 4.1. Ecophysiological effects of changing atmospheric CO2 concentration.
• Week-8: Mid Term Exam.
• Week-9: 4.2. Functional significance of different pathways of CO2 fixation. Productivity: response of photosynthesis to environmental factors, C and N balance.
• Week-10: 5.Water: Water as an environmental factor, Role of water in the growth, adaptation and distribution of plants,
• Week-11: 5.1. Water status in soil, Water and stomatal regulation, Transpiration of leaves and canopies.
• Week-12: 6. Oxygen deficiency: Energy metabolism of plants under oxygen deficiency, Morph-anatomical changes during oxygen deficiency, Post-anoxic stress
• Week-13: 7. Wind as an ecological factor.
• Week-14: 8. Fire as an ecological factor.
• Week-15: 9. Carbon credit
• Week-16:Final Term Exam.