Who is regarded as the "Father of Indian Phycology"?

Agar is commercially obtained from $..........$.

In which of the following algal classes are starch and oil present as food storage materials?

In $Spirogyra$,meiosis occurs in

Select the correct option from the given list regarding algal classes and their stored food materials:
$(1)$ Rhodophyceae - Pyrenoids
$(2)$ Phaeophyceae - Laminarin
$(3)$ Bryophytes - Mannitol
$(4)$ Chlorophyceae - Floridean starch

Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements: In the members of Phaeophyceae,
$A$. Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores.
$B$. Sexual reproduction is by oogamous method only.
$C$. Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates which is either mannitol or laminarin.
$D$. The major pigments found are chlorophyll $a$,$c$ and carotenoids and xanthophyll.
$E$. Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall,usually covered on the outside by gelatinous coating of algin.
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