S.Y.B.Sc. | Sem III & IV | BO-232 & 242
BOTANY
BO-232 : Plant Physiology
BO-242 : Plant Biotechnology

Plant physiology is the study of vital activities of the plant. It is the study of structure and functions of the cell and its surrounding environment. It includes topics like water absorption,ascent of sap,loss of water through transpiration,synthesis of organic food materials and its breakdown to realese energy,nitrogen metabolism,seed germination and dormancy, production of flowering etc. plant biotechnology is a science of industrial processes like tissue culture, food production, production of recombinant plants, bioremediation and biofuel technology etc. some modern technics like genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics is now a part of biotechnology.
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Board of Studies in Botany revised syllabus and is going to be implemented from june 2020. The second paper of botany Sem III is study of course Bo 232 Plant Physiology while Sem IV
BO 242 Plant Biotechnology is credit system syllabus which is a part of this book. We have tried our best to explin all the topics in most simple and lucid language. We are confident that the users of this book student as well as teacher will be benefited to display the matter as per the requirement of the syllabus.