Practical

Paper Code: 
DBOT 706
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. To demonstrate technical knowledge and develop skill set that creates different types of professionals in the field of Botany like in research and development, teaching government and public services. 

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course Outcome

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

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

CO92: Examine and explain the general characteristics of bacteria and their commercial uses.

CO93: Apply the knowledge to microscopic preparations and subsequent observation of the permanent slides of fungal forms as prescribed in the syllabus.

CO94: Apply the different methods of Staining used in Identification of organisms.

 CO95: Apply different methods of isolation & identification of micro organisms.

 

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

 
 

 

  • Cleaning of glassware
  • To study different methods of sterilization and disinfection by physical agents.
  • Instrumentation
  • To study various types of culture media
  • To determine the growth curve in bacteria (E.coli)
  • To study the bacteria by Gram staining
  • To become acquainted with Kirby-Baur procedure
  • Wine production by fermentative activities of Yeast cells
  • Isolation of microorganisms from the mixed culture by spread plate methods
  • Isolation of microorganism by pour plate method
  • To study ecological relationship between microorganisms of soil by Wino Gradsky Column
  • Survey of dermatological diseases caused by Fungi
  • Inventry preparations of antibiotics procured from Fungi
  • Morphological study of representative members of Fungi- Pilobolus, Chaetomium, Morchella, Melampsora, Polyporus, Dreschlera, Phoma, Peziza, Puccinia
  • Symptomatology, identification, causal organism of the following diseases: White rust, bunt, smut, green ear, smut and ergot of Bajra, rust and smut of wheat, paddy blast, cotton wilt, downy mildew and powdery mildew of grapes, tundu, tobacco mosaic virus, little leaf of brinjal, root knot of vegetables
  • Report on eminent contributors in Mycology, Plant pathology and important related institutes

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Santra, SC and Chatterjee. 2006. College Botany Practical Vol. I. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Calcutta.
  • Cavers, F. (2008). Practical botany. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Pub.
  • Bendre, A. (2015). Practical Botany. S.L.: Rastogi Publications.
  • Santra, S.C. (2010). College Botany Practical Vol. II. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd.

 

References: 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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