Practical

Paper Code: 
BOT 303
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to-

  1. To develop skills related to assessment of environmental quality.
  2. To develop skills related to analyzing the outcomes of various types of genetic interactions.
  3. To develop skills related to community and population studies.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

BOT

303

 

Practical

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO47: Briefly study the economic products with special reference to the Botanical name, family, morphology of useful part and the uses

CO48: Identify the economic products related to theory syllabus and write Botanical name, family and uses.

CO49: Understand the genetic variations among inter and intra specific plants.

CO50: learn the Line transect methods of vegetation study by using quadrat analysis methods. Learn about the various methods of soil analysis, identification of various ions

 

 

Substantial laboratory-based practical component and experiments

 

Technology-enabled learning

 

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
 

 

  • Study of Barr bodies.
  • Study of B chromosomes
  • Study of mitosis in onion root tips.
  • Calculation of mitotic index.
  • Study of meiosis in onion flower buds.
  • Study of monohybrid and dihybrid crosses in the field and working on the numerical problems related to them.
  • To find the frequency of herbaceous species by quadrat method.
  • To find the density of herbaceous species by quadrat method.
  • To find the minimum size of quadrat.
  • Study of adaptive modifications in plants by specimens/ slide preparation /photographs in Hydrophytes- Eichhornia, Hydrilla; Xerophytes- Casuarina, Nerium; Halophytes- Rhizophora
  • Soil analysis:
    1. Study of soil texture.
    2. Study of soil pH.
    3. Study of soil water holding capacity.
    4. Study of soil moisture percentage
    5. Testing of soil for the presence of carbonate, nitrate, inorganic salts and replaceable bases.
  •    Economic Botany

 

 

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Bendre, A. and Kumar, A. (2015). A Text Book of Practical Botany.Vol.II Rastogi Publications, Meerut.
  • Santra, S.C. (2005). College Botany Practical Vol.II. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Calcutta.
  • Pandey, B.P and Chadha, P. (2015). Botany Vol. III. Vikas Publishing House.
  • Santra, S.C.; Chatterjee, T.P. and Das, A.P. College Botany Practical Vol. 1. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Kolkata.
  • Pandey, B.P. (2011). Modern Practical Botany - Vol. 1. S. Chand Publishing
  • Sharma, P.D. (2017). Text Book of Practical Botany. Rastogi Publications

     

 

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Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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