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LIFE SCIENCES (THEORY)
Course Objectives (COs):
This course will enable the students to –
- Get familiarized with various groups of animals and plants
- Know about parasites insects and their harmful effects
Course outcomes
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Course outcomes
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Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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On completion of this course, the students will be able to; CO174: Develop the practical skills by illustrating the ultra-structure of cell organelles and cell division CO175: Basic knowledge about the plant specimen from members of locally available plants. CO176: Acquire hands on training on different techniques of plant propagation such as cutting, grafting and layering. CO177: Briefly study the economic products with special reference to the Botanical name, family, morphology of useful part and the uses. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Power Point Presentations, Informative videos
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations, Field trips
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Quiz, Poster Presentations, Power Point Presentations, Individual and group projects, Open Book Test, Semester End Examination |
- General account on Classification of Plant Kingdom
- Angiospermic plants ( Flower with details of its parts)
- Formation of fruit, seed and embryo
- Structure of monocot and dicot seed and seed germination
Propagation of plants – seed and vegetative
- Seed Propagation
- Cuttings – stem, leaf and root
- Layering
- Grafting
- Ornamental garden
- Kitchen garden
- Herbal Garden
Economic Botany
- Vegetables-Cauliflower, carrot, tomato, potato, onion, spinach, gourds, fenugreek
- Fruits-papaya, mango
- Spices and Condiments-clove , pepper, cardamom, cumin, Coriander, asafoetida
- Ornamental and Foliage plants-Rose, Bougainvillea, China rose, fern, asparagus
- Application of biotechnology in agricultural crops.
- Chordates up to 5 major classes, characteristics with examples
- Non chordates up to phyla, characteristics with examples
Cell
- Cell theory, electron microscopic structure and function of a cell
- Cell division (mitosis) and its significance
Parasites, insects and their harmful effectsand pest control
- Parasites and human diseases
- Plasmodium, Entamoeba, Taenia
- Economic importance and control of common household insects: cockroach, housefly, mosquitoes and termites.
Culture techniques
- Sericulture, vermiculture and apiculture
Basics of Genetics
- Mandelian genetics
- Sex linked inheritance in man (xx-xy)
- Importance of Genetic counseling
General structure of bacteria and virus
- Examples of harmful and non harmful bacteria and virus
- Importance of bacteria in environmental conservation
- Chadha K.L.2012. Handbook of Horticulture. ICAR Publication.
- Dutta A. C. Botany for Degree Students 1968, Oxford Unitversity Press, New Delhi
- Gopalaswamiianger K.S. 1991, Complete gardening in India, Messers Nagaraj And Co. Madras
- Hartman H.T.and D. Kester:D. 1986. Plant Propagation, Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
- Kochhar P.L. Krishnamoorthy H.N 1984. A textbook of Plant Physiolog. Atma Rani Publishing House.
- Raven P. and Johnson G. 2010. Biology. Mc Graw Hill Science.
- Soni N.K. and Soni V. 2010. Fundamentals of Botany. Tata Mc Graw Hill Education
- Jordan and Verma,1998, Invertebrate Zoology, S. Chand and Co. Ltd
- Kotpal,2000,Modern Textbook of Zoology, Rastogi Publications
- Winchester, A.M. 1967, Genetics, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company
- Vij and Gupta (2011)Applied Zoology, Phoenix Publishing House
