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Plant Biology Advanced

Shomu's Biology via YouTube

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Explore advanced plant biology concepts through a comprehensive video lecture series covering plant physiology, anatomy, and evolution. Delve into plant cell structure, agricultural biotechnology, transgenic plant production, and plant tissue culture techniques. Learn about the life cycles of bryophytes, gymnosperm and angiosperm evolution, DNA extraction from plants, and gel electrophoresis. Discover plant hormones, including gibberellin, auxin, cytokinin, and abscisic acid. Examine various tissue culture methods, their advantages, and disadvantages. Study photosynthesis, electron flow, cyanobacteria, and plant transpiration. Investigate genetically modified crops, marker-assisted selection, antisense RNA technology, and plant biotechnology processes. Explore marker and reporter genes, cointegrate and binary vectors, Ti plasmid and T-DNA, and Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation in plants. Conclude with an understanding of nitrogen fixation and the nitrogen cycle in this in-depth exploration of advanced plant biology.

Syllabus

3. Plant cell.
Bryophytes life cycle.
Plant evolution | bryophytes evolution.
Plant evolution - gymnosperm evolution.
Plant evolution - gymnosperm evolution.
Angiosperm evolution.
DNA extraction from plants.
Gel electrophoresis.
Breeding of corn plants.
How to design Bt transgenes.
Introduction to plant hormones.
Plant hormones part 1 Gibberelin.
Auxin.
cytokinin.
Abscisic acid.
Tissue culture techniques.
Tissue culture lab.
Various types of tissue culture.
Advantages and disadvantages of tissue culture.
Plant tissue culture basics.
Plant tissue culture: root tip culture.
Plant tissue culture: shoot tip culture.
Somatic embryogenesis.
5. Introduction to photosynthesis.
Electron flow in oxygenic photosynthesis.
Cyanobacteria.
Plant transpiration.
Genetically modified crops (gmo foods).
Marker assisted selection (MAS).
Antisense RNA technology.
Plant biotechnology 1.
Plant biotechnology 2.
Plant biotechnology 3.
Plant biotechnology 4.
Plant biotechnology 5.
Plant biotechnology 6.
Marker genes and their role in plant biotechnology.
Reporter genes and their importance.
Cointigrate vector and binary vector.
Ti plasmid and T DNA.
Agrobacterium mediated gene transformation in plants.
Nitrogen fixation.
Nitrogen cycle.

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