Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course |
Course Outcome |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
|
Paper Code |
Paper Title |
|||
BOT 421A
|
Elective 1A: Advanced Plant Biotechnology I |
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CO88: To focus and recall the core concepts and fundamentals of plant biotechnology, bioreactors and genetic engineering CO89: To Demonstrate and explain the competency of different types of plant tissue culture CO90: Analyse and interpret the role of different enzymes and vectors used for genetic manipulations CO91: To Explain gene Cloning and summarize and implement different methods for successful gene transfer in living systems. CO92: To attribute the major concerns and applications of transgenic technology CO93: To interpret and explain the basic concepts of creating a functional Green House and its benefits in the current scenario. CO94: To summarize and interpret the significance of secondary metabolites in tissue culture and their commercialization |
Class lectures Seminars Tutorials Group discussions and Workshops Question preparation
|
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Plant Tissue Culture: PTC lab, media preparation and handling, cell and plant culture, sterile techniques, totipotency, various plant tissue culture media and their composition. Micropropagation: organogenesis, somatic embryogenesis, axillary bud proliferation.
Recombinant DNA Technology: Cutting and joining DNA molecules, cloning vectors: plasmids, cosmids, bacteriophage vectors, phagemids, YAC, shuttle vectors, expression vectors, gene cloning, direct DNA transfer: particle bombardment, electroporation, liposome mediated transformation, macroinjection; Agrobacterium mediated transformation of plants; in planta gene transfer.
Organ Culture: Anther culture, mature and immature zygotic embryo culture, ovary culture, somaclonal and gametoclonal variations, triploid production, production of virus free plants. Tissue culture in germplasm conservation: Synthetic seeds, Cryopreservation.
Greenhouse Hardening Unit: Greenhouse Construction, types of greenhouses, environmental control inside a greenhouse. Soilless media for propagating and growing nursery plants. Media components: Sand, peat moss, coco-peat, vermiculite, pumice, perlite synthetic plastic aggregate and composts. Preplanting treatments of soil and soil mixes: heat treatments, fumigation and chemicals.
Secondary metabolite production in culture: Biotransformation, factors affecting production of secondary metabolites, production of important drugs in culture- taxol, ginseng, morphine, codeine, vinblastine and vincristine, types of bioreactors (stirred tank, air lift, membrane type, immobilized cell bioreactors).
e-Resources:
Journals:
Links:
[1] https://botany.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/advanced-plant-biotechnology-i-7
[2] https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102106053
[3] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291056431_General_Techniques_of_Plant_Tissue_Culture
[4] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347914734_Green-houses_Types_and_Structural_Components
[5] https://www.usbg.gov/sites/default/files/usbg-greenhouse_manual.pdf
[6] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344853645_PLANT_TISSUE_CULTURE_METHODS_IN_SECONDARY_METABOLITE_PRODUCTION_-A_MINI_REVIEW
[7] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/biotransformation
[8] https://www.ancpatna.ac.in/departments/botany/lectures/UG-II/Manorma%20Kumari%20B,Sc,%20-II%20Embryo%20Culture.pdf
[9] https://chaudhary.kau.edu.sa/files/0030235/files/19046_lect%20recombinant%20dna%20tech_molecular%20genetics%20lect%202nd%20yr%20mt-1st%20semester.pdf
[10] https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~lrunyenj/bio554/lectnotes/chapter14.pdf
[11] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327111668_Recombinant_DNA_Technology_and_its_Applications_A_Review
[12] https://botany.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2022-2023