ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND PLANT CONSERVATION-P

Paper Code: 
25DBOT804
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To demonstrate practices and procedures that lead to acquisition of skills required for creating different types of professionals in the field of Botany like in research and development, teaching government and public services.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course title

25DBOT 804

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND PLANT CONSERVATION-P

 

CO112: Develop holistic competencies vis a vis verbal & written communication skill which will promote curiosity, innovation and a passion for research including critical thinking.

CO113: Analyse different methods of vegetational studies for qualitative & quantitative estimation of plant cover.  

CO114: Carry out quantitative estimation  for assessing different parameters of water quality and evaluate various methods of soil analysis for identification of various ions.

CO115: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in teaching: Demonstration, Team teaching, Substantial laboratory-based practical component and experiments

Technology-enabled learning

Learning activities for the student:

Self-learning assignment, Effective questions, Stimulation, Seminar presentation, Field-based learning

Project-based learning

Practical assignments and laboratory reports

Observation of practical skills

Individual and group project reports

 

Viva voce interviews are majorly adopted assessment methods

 

  CONTENTS:

  • To determine minimum number of quadrats required for reliable estimate of biomass in grasslands.
  • To study the frequency of herbaceous species in grassland and to compare the frequency distribution with Raunkair's standard frequency diagram
  • To estimate importance value index for grassland species on the basis of relative frequency, relative density and relative biomass in protected and grazed grassland.
  • To measure the vegetation cover of grassland through point frame method.
  • To measure the above ground plant biomass in a grassland.
  • To determine Kemps constant for dicot and monocot leaves and to estimate the leaf area index of a grassland community.
  • To determine diversity indices (richness, Simpson, Shannon weinner) in grazed and protected grassland.
  • To estimate bulk density and particle density of grassland and woodland soils.
  • To determine moisture content and water holding capacity of grassland and woodland soil.
  • To study the vegetation structure through profile diagram.
  • To estimate transparency, pH, and temperature of different water bodies.
  • To measure dissolved oxygen content in polluted and unpolluted water samples.
  • To estimate salinity of different water samples.
  • To determine the percent leaf area injury of different leaf samples collected around polluted sites.
  • To estimate dust holding capacity of the leaves of different plant species

 

                                           Scheme of Evaluation

Continuous Assessment

 

Semester End Examination

 

Component

 

Marks

 

 

Component

 

Marks

 

Test

 

10

To study the measures for assessment of water and soil on different parameters.

 

20

Attendance

05

Quantitative analysis / Study of vegetatational characters.

 

20

 

Spotting

 

10

Viva voce

05

 

Viva voce

10

Practical Record

 

10

Practical Record

 

10

 

Total

 

30

 

Total

 

70

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Santra, S.C. (2015). College Botany Practical Vol.II. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Calcutta.
  • Bendre, A.M. (2009). A Text Book of Practical Botany. Rastogi Publications, Meerut.
  • Pandey,S.N., Misra, S.P., Trivedi, P.C. (2016). Botany Vol. II. Vikas Publishing House.
  • Pandey,S.N., Misra, S.P., Trivedi, P.C. (2018). Botany Vol. III. Vikas Publishing House           
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Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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