Economic Botany
Teacher
Kalpita Bhatta
Category
Core Courses
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Code(Credit)
:CUTM1460(3-2-1)
Course Objectives
•Investigate utilization of crop plants.
•Study of origin, distribution, botanical description, brief idea of cultivation and economic uses of cereals, pulses, beverages, natural fibers and medicinal plants
•Gain knowledge about the taxonomic diversity of important families of useful plants
•Is able to map and recognize geographical, historical and cultural contributions of economically important plants
•Understanding of the roles of potentially important plant and plant products to the development of human culture
Course Outcome
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs (High-3, Medium-2, Low-1) |
| CO1 | Understand core concepts of Economic Botany and relate with environment, populations, communities, and ecosystems | PO1-3, PO2-3, PO4-2, PO8-2, PO9-1 |
| CO2 | Able to get idea of cultivation and economic uses of cereals, pulses, beverages, natural fibers and medicinal plants and evolution of new crops/varieties and importance of germ plasma diversity | PO1-3, PO2-3, PO4-2, PO8-2, PO9-3 |
| CO3 | Increase the awareness and appreciation of plants & plant products encountered in everyday life | PO1-3, PO8-2, PO9-3 |
Course Syllabus
Module –I: Origin of Cultivated Plants
Concept of Center of Origin, Their importance with reference to Vavilov’s work. Examples of major plant introductions; Crop domestication and evolution of new crops/varieties, importance of germplasm diversity.
Module-II : Cereals and Legumes:Wheat and Rice (origin, morphology, processing & uses); Brief account of millets.
Origin, morphology and uses of Chick pea, Pigeon pea and fodder legumes.
Practice:
Habitat sketch of Rice
Qualitative test for presence of strach in Rice and confirmatory test for starch as non reducing sugar
Module-III : Sources of sugars and starches.Morphology and processing of sugarcane, products and by-products of sugar cane industry. Potato – morphology, propagation & uses
Practice:
Habitat Sketch of Sugarcane
Module-IV : Spices and Beverage.Listing of important spices, their family and part used.
Economic importance with special reference to fennel, saffron, clove and black pepper
Tea, Coffee (morphology, processing & uses)
Practice:.
Photograph or Live Specimen of Tea plant and its Leaves.
Module-V : Sources of oils and fats.
General description, classification, extraction, their uses and health implications of groundnut, coconut, linseed, soybean, mustard and coconut (Botanical name, family & uses). Essential Oils: General account, extraction methods, comparison with fatty oils & their uses.
Practice:
Estimation of saponification value of fats and Oils.
Test for the presence of lipid and oil in groundnut seed or oil
Extraction of Essential Oil
Module-VI : Natural Rubber and Drug-yielding plant.Para-rubber: tapping, processing and uses.
Therapeutic and habit-forming drugs with special reference to Cinchona, Digitalis, Papaver and Cannabis; Tobacco (Morphology, processing, uses and health hazards).
Practice:
Tapping processes in Rubber plant.
Habitat Sketch Of Cinchona Plant
Module-VII :Timber plants and Fibers
General account with special reference to teak and pine.
Classification based on the origin of fibers; Cotton, Coir and Jute (morphology, extraction and uses).
Practice:
T.S of Pinus Stem
Test for the presence of Lignin in the stem of the jute
Test for Presence of Cellulose in Cotton Fibre
Text Books:
1. Kochhar, S.L. (2012). Economic Botany in Tropics, MacMillan & Co. New Delhi, India.
2.Wickens, G.E. (2001). Economic Botany: Principles & Practices. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Reference Book:
1.Chrispeels, M.J. and Sadava, D.E. 1994 Plants, Genes and Agriculture.Jones & Bartlett_ Publishers.
Session Plan
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Origin of Crop and Crop Domestication
https://www.slideshare.net/KarlLouisseObispo/origin-of-crops
https://www.slideshare.net/RitaSomPaul/economic-botany-origin-of-cultivated-plants
Session 4
Evolution of new crops and germ plasma diversity
https://www.slideshare.net/soniind1988/soni-master-seminar
Session 5
Rice: Origin, morphology, processing & uses
Session 6
Practice-1 (2hrs)
Habitat Sketch of Rice.
https://www.britannica.com/plant/rice
Session 7
Wheat: Origin, morphology, processing & uses
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/crops/wheat-origin-and-cultivation-crop-plants/34874
Session 8
Practice -2 (2hrs)
Qualitative test for the presence of starch in rice and confirmatory test for starch as non reducing sugar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgDeHXWm8Hk.
Session 9
Session 10
Assignment-1: Flip class
To prepare a report on different varieties of rice and millets found in India.
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/guide/658/types-of-rice.html
Session 11
Session 12
Assignment 2
To study and prepare a list of locally available pulses.
Session 13
Session 14
Importance of Legumes to man and ecosystem.
Session 15
Assignment-3: Flip Class
Briefly write down the benefits of legume in crop rotation.
http://www.powerhousegrowers.com/benefits-legumes-in-agriculture-and-crop-rotation/
Session 16
Morphology and processing of sugarcane.
http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/botanical-description-sugarcane
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16752/1/Unit-16.pdf</
Session 17
Session 18
Potato – morphology, propagation & uses.
Session 19
Session 20
Session 21
Assignment-4
Prepare a checklist of Spices and Condiments used regularly in our food intake.
Session 22
Session 23
Tea :morphology, processing & uses
https://www.slideshare.net/RaviDandotiya/tea-14795097http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16755/1/Unit-18.pdf
Session 24
Practice-4 (2hrs)
A photographic study of the Tea plant.
https://www.slideshare.net/DhanyaAgri/tea-65496886
Session 25
Session 26
Assignment-5: Flip Class
Give a sketch of a coffee plant and described its different parts with special reference to its pod.
Session 27
A general description on Sources of Oil.
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16750/1/Unit-15.pdf
Session 28
Practice-5 (2hrs)
Estimation of the Saponinification value of fat and oil.
Session 29
Session 30
Practice-6 (2hrs)
Test for the presence of lipid and oil in groundnut seed or oil.
Session 31
Session 32
Session 33
Assignment-6: Flip class
Comment on the statement"Coconut is one of nature's greatest gift to mankind".
Session 34
Session 35
Session 36
Session 37
Para-rubber: processing and uses
https://www.slideshare.net/HarishReddy280/rubber-cultivation?qid=7e6fe28d-3a04-4e6b-863f-a605bc32e633&v=&b=&from_search=5
Session 38
Session 39
Cinchona and Digitalis
Session 40
Session 41
Assignment 7
Documentation of different medicinal plants and their parts used.
Session 42
Session 43
Session 44
Assignment-8: Flip Class
Give a pictorial description of different products of tobacco.
Session 45
General account on Timber Yielding plants.
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16758/1/Unit-20.pdf.
Session 46
Assignment-9: Flip class
To prepare a list of timber yielding plants of India
Session 47
Session 48
Practice-10 (2hrs)
T.S Of Pinus Stem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhG_5wh-dYs
Session 49
Cotton and Jute
Session 50
Practice-11 (2hrs)
Test for the presence of Lignin in the stem of jute.
http://vlab.amrita.edu/?sub=3&brch=188&sim=778&cnt=1
Session 51
Assignment-10 : Flip class
To study and list down the different varieties of cotton and add a note on bt cotton.
Session 52
Practice-12 (2hrs)
Test for Presence of Cellulose in Cotton Fibre
https://www.biologydiscussion.com/biochemistry/experiments-on-biochemistry-chemistry/56453
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