1. HISTORY OF VIROLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY, 2. PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL STRUCTURE (BACTERIA, MYCOPLASMA AND YEAST) 3. STRUCTURE, CLASSIFICATION AND NATURE OF VIRUSES, 4. STRUCTURE (GRAM-POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE) AND CLASSIFICATION (BASED ON CELL STRUCTURE) OF BACTERIA 5. CLASSIFICATION, THALLUS ORGANISATION AND REPRODUCTION IN FUNGI, 6. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI, 7. SYMPTOMS OF VIRUS INFECTION IN PLANTS, 8. TRANSMISSION OF PLANT VIRUSES, 9. GENOME ORGANISATION OF VIRUSES, REPLICATION OF PLANT VIRUS (TMV) 10. TECHNIQUE IN PLANT VIRUSES: PURIFICATION, SEROLOGOY AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, 11. STRUCTURE AND MULTIPLICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES 12. VIROIDS AND PRIONS, 13. NUTRITIONAL TYPES OF BACTERIA, METABOLISM IN DIFFERENT NUTRITIONAL TYPES AND NITROGEN CYCLE, 14. BACTERIAL GENOME AND PLASMIDS, 15. BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION, VARIABILITY IN BACTERIA-MUTATION, PRINCIPLES OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION, 16. TECHNIQUES IN STERILIZATION, BACTERIAL CULTURE AND STAINING, 17. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA, 18. ALBUGO, 19. PYTHIUM, 20. PHYTOPHTHORA, 21. SACCHAROMYCES, 22. ASPERGILLUS (EUROTIUM) 23. MORCHELLA, 24. ASCOBOLUS, 25. USTILAGO, 26. PUCCINIA, 27. POLYPORUS, 28. AGARICUS 29. FUSARIUM 30. CERCOSPORA, 31. ALTERNARIA