Practical based on BOT 401 and 402

Paper Code: 
BOT 403
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Unit I: 
Suggested exercises

 

  • To study the body plan of a dicotyledonous plant.
  • Study of primary and secondary growth in root and stem of monocots and dicots by section cutting and permanent slides.
  • Study of internal structure of dicot and monocot leaves. Study of structure and development of stomata.
  • Field study of various life forms exhibited by flowering plants and study of diversity in leaf shape, size and other foliar features.
  • To study monopodial and sympodial branching.
  • L.S. shoot tip to study cytohistological zonation and origin of leaf buttresses.
  • L.S. root tip to study different primordial and structure of root cap and root hair.
  • Study of anomalous secondary growth in Boerhaavia, Bignonia, Bougainvillea, Leptadenia, Salvadora, Nyctanthes and Dracaena.
  • Structure of anther, microsporogenesis and pollen grains. Calculation of pollen viability percentage using in vitro pollen germination techniques.
  • Structure of ovule and embyo sac development (through slides).
  • Study of embryo development in monocots and dicots.
  • Vegetative propagation by means of cutting, budding and grafting exercises.
  • Study of seed germination.
  • Field study for identification, collection and preservation of plant material.
  • Preparation of herbarium.
  • Study of flora, monographs,icons, manuals and indexes.
  • Study of the following plants (any one from each family)

Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus, Delphinium.

Brassicaceae: Brassica, Iberis

Malvaceae: Hibiscus, Althea, Abutilon.

Rutaceae:  Murraya, Citrus

Papilllionaceae: Pisum, Lathyrus.

Ceasalpiniaceae: Bauhinia, Cassia.

Mimosaceae: Acacia, Mimosa.

Apiaceae: Coriandrum, Foeniculum,

Asteraceae: Helianthus, Tridex, Sonchus.

Apocyanaceae: Nerium, Catharanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia.

Asclepiadaceae: Calotropis

Solanaceae: Solanum, Cestrum, Datura, Petunia.

Acanthaceae: Adhatoda, Peristrophe.

Lamiaceae: Ocimum, Salvia.

Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia, Phyllanthus, Ricinus.

Liliaceae: Asphodelus, Asparagus.

Poaceae: Avena, Hordeum, Triticum, Zea, Sorghum

  • Economic Botany

 

 

 

Essential Readings: 

Laboratory Readings

  • Bendre. 1995. A Text Book of Practical Botany. Rastogi Publications, Meerut.
  • Pandey, BP; Misra; Trivedi, P.S. 1997. Botany Vol. II. Vikas Publishing House. Pandey, BP and Chadha. 1997. Botany Vol. III. Vikas Publishing House

 

 

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