Practical

ContentS: 

• Field visit to local tribal area and documentation of data regarding the life style of the tribal folklore.Food crops; Morphology, Anatomy and microbiological tests for stored food materials in wheat, rice, maize, chickpea, potato, sweet potato, and sugarcane.
• Fodder crops; study of any five important crops of the locality.
• Study of any three crops used for fencing.
• Study of ornamental plants used by tribals for decoration and adornment.
• Prepare a water extract of dyes such as turmeric, indigo, Butea monosperma, Lawsonia inermis and perform tests to understand their chemical nature.
• Prepare a list of 10 most important sources of timber trees in your locality. Give their local names, scientific names and families to which they belong. Mention their properties.
• Prepare a list of important plants used as intoxicants and masticatories.
• Pharmacognosy of following medicinal plants- Aloe, Baccopa, Barleria, Bombax, Calotropis, Catharanthes, Chlorophyton, Cissus, Commiphora, Convolvulus, Datura, Jatropha, Ocimum, Phyllanthes, Plumbago, Ricinus, Sentella, Terminalia, Thespesia, Thevetia, Tinospora, Tribulus, Tylophora and Withania.
• Plantation of important economical and medicinal plants.
• In Vitro propagation of any one endangered plant of Rajasthan.
• The students should be taken to one of the following-
  
  1. A protected area. (Biosphere Reserve, National Park)
  2. NBPGR New Delhi, ICAR, CAZRI, BSI, DBT
  3. A CSIR laboratory doing research on plants and their utilization and conservation.