Botany

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I SEMESTER

BOT 1.1

DIVERSITY OF MICROBES AND PHYCOLOGY

·       Understand the diversity of  micro organisms

·       Understand useful and harmful activities of Micro organisms

Describe the isolation technique of bacteria and fungi from soil, water and air.

·       Understand and differentiate different types of Algae.

·       Discuss the economic importance of Algae

II SEMESTER

BOT 2.1

FUNGI, LICHENS, BRYOPHYTES AND PTERIDOPHYTES

·       Identify fungi, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes

·       Identify and explain the different plant diseases and discuss  about Bio pesticides

III SEMESTER

BOT 3.1

GYMNOSPERMS, PALEOBOTANY, ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY

·       Explain  the scope and importance of Plant Anatomy

·       Perform the technique of Tissue culture

·       Discuss  about fossils and Fossilization

IV SEMESTER

BOT 4.1

PLANT DIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND PHYTOGEOGRAPHY

·       Describe   Plant biodiversity

·       Explain the   phytogeographical regions of Karnataka and India

·       Discuss about  Ecosystem and its management

·       Describe  the problems and solutions to environmental pollution

V SEMESTER

BOT 5.1

TAXONOMY AND ECONOMIC BOTANY

·       Discuss the  classification of  plants

·       Describe the  importance plants and plant products

·       Explain Ethnobotany

BOT 5.2

CYTOLOGY, GENETICS, EVOLUTION AND PLANT BREEDING

·       Demonstrate the knowledge of Cellular Biology and Genetics

·       Discuss the the techniques of Hybridisation and Plant Breeding

VI SEMESTER

BOT 6.1

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, GENETIC ENGINEERING, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

·       Describe the basic Molecular Biology concepts.

·       Discuss the  techniques of producing Genetically modified Plants

BOT 6.2

PLANTPHYSIOLOGY – II

·       Discuss in detail the  Plant growth and metabolism

·       Explain the principles of  Enzymology