Crops of Today Public Class

About the Class

In this session on Applications of Biology, Dr. Aman Biswas would be covering the following topics:

• Domestication of plant : a historical account
• Improvement of crop plants
• Principles of plant breeding and plant introduction
• Crops today : Current concerns, gene pools and genetic conservation
• Underutilized crops with potential uses of oilseeds, medicines, beverages, spices, fodder
• New crops : Leucaena (Subabul), Jojoba, Guayule, winged bean, etc.

• Scope of Biology, The Living World and The Living Processes
• Cell - An Introduction, Structural Organization and Cell Organelles and their Functions
• Cellular Respiration - A General Account, Fermentation, Biological Oxidation (A Cycle Outline), Mitochondrial Electron Transport Change, High Energy Bonds and Phosphorylation
• Circulation: closed and open vascular systems, structure and pumping action of heat, arterial blood pressure and lymph
• Immune response, vaccines and antisera, Allergies and Inflammations, Tissue and organ transplantation, Community health services and measures, Inherited diseases and dysfunctions, sex linked diseases
• Nervous coordination: central autonomic and peripheral nervous systems, receptors, effectors, reflex action
• Basic physiology of special senses and Integrative control by neuroendocrinal systems
• Classification of living things, Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Concepts of species, taxon and categories - hierarchical levels of classification, binomial nomenclature, Principles of classification, nomenclature, and identification
• Two kingdom classification as plants and animals and Journey to a Five Kingdom Classification
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  Keywords: biology, bio, plus 2, aipmt, aiims, afmc, cbse, medical entrance, biotechnology