Practical

Paper Code: 
CBOT 102
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

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

CO6: Learn the microscopic techniques to familiarize with the external and internal structure of lower group organisms such as Algae, Bryophytes and Fungi

CO7: Demonstrate proficiency in the experimental techniques and methods of appropriate analysis of Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms

CO8: Study different types of lichens and their role in Ecology

 

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

 
 

 CONTENTS:

• Study of vegetative and reproductive structures of Nostoc, Volvox and Polysiphonia through temporary preparations and permanent slides. 
• Rhizopus: Asexual stage from temporary mounts and sexual structures through permanent slides.
• Puccinia: Herbarium specimens of Black Stem Rust of Wheat and infected Barberry leaves; section/tease mounts of spores on Wheat and permanent slides of both the hosts.
• Agaricus: Specimens of button stage and full grown mushroom; Sectioning of gills of Agaricus.
• Marchantia- Morphology of thallus, T.S. thallus through gemma cup, v.s. antheridiophore, archegoniophore.
• Funaria- Morphology, l.s. capsule
• Anthoceros- Morphology, l.s. of Sporophyte (permanent slide).
• Equisetum- morphology, l.s. strobilus, t.s rhizome (permanent slide).
• Cycas- morphology (coralloid roots, leaf), t.s. coralloid root, t.s. rachis, t.s. leaflet, v.s. Microsporophyll. 
• Pinus: t.s. needle, t.s. male cone, w.m. microsporophyll, w.m. microspores (temporary slides), l.s. female cone.
 
Essential Readings: 

 

  • Bendre, A. M. (2010). A Text Book of Practical Botany - 1. India: Rastogi Publications.
  • Kumar, A. (2009). A Text Book of Practical Botany 2. India: Rastogi Publications.
  • Practical Microbiology. (2002). India: S. Chand Limited.
  • A Practical Manual of Fungi and Fungicides. (n.d.). (n.p.): Concept Publishing Company.
  • Khan, M. G., Gatew, S., Bekele, B. (2012). Practical Manual for Bryophytes and Pteridophytes. Germany: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG.
  • ALGAE: A Practical Approach. (2019). South Africa: MJP Publisher.
  • Yadav, V. (2015). A Colour Handbook on Practical Plant Pathology. India: New India Publishing Agency
References: 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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