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· To gain knowledge on Center of Origin and utilization of crop plants.
· To study various categories of economically important plants. · To understand the morphology, anatomy and chemical constituents of economically important plant. |
Cos | Course outcomes |
CO1 | Learn about the Center of Origin and Crop Domestication. |
CO2 | Understand the general characters, types, of the major cereals and legumes . |
CO3 | Gain Knowledge on economically important plant of sugar and starches. |
CO4 | Acquire the knowledge on Spices and Beverages. |
CO5 | Know different oil, drug yielding plant and fibers and their extraction procedure. Which will be helpful for enterpreurnship in future . |
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.
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
Evolution of new crops and germ plasma diversity
https://www.slideshare.net/soniind1988/soni-master-seminar
Rice: Origin, morphology, processing & uses
Habitat Sketch of Rice.
https://www.britannica.com/plant/rice
Wheat: Origin, morphology, processing & uses
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/crops/wheat-origin-and-cultivation-crop-plants/34874
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.
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
Pear millet, finger-millet and Chick pea
https://www.slideshare.net/DulminieNanayakkara/finger-millet
Assignment 2
To study and prepare a list of locally available pulses.
Importance of Legumes to man and ecosystem.
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/
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</
Potato – morphology, propagation & uses.
Assignment-4
Prepare a checklist of Spices and Condiments used regularly in our food intake.
Tea :morphology, processing & uses
https://www.slideshare.net/RaviDandotiya/tea-14795097http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16755/1/Unit-18.pdf
A photographic study of the Tea plant.
https://www.slideshare.net/DhanyaAgri/tea-65496886
Assignment-5: Flip Class
Give a sketch of a coffee plant and described its different parts with special reference to its pod.
A general description on Sources of Oil.
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16750/1/Unit-15.pdf
Estimation of the Saponinification value of fat and oil.
Test for the presence of lipid and oil in groundnut seed or oil.
Assignment-6: Flip class
Comment on the statement"Coconut is one of nature's greatest gift to mankind".
Para-rubber: processing and uses
https://www.slideshare.net/HarishReddy280/rubber-cultivation?qid=7e6fe28d-3a04-4e6b-863f-a605bc32e633&v=&b=&from_search=5
Cinchona and Digitalis
Assignment 7
Documentation of different medicinal plants and their parts used.
Assignment-8: Flip Class
Give a pictorial description of different products of tobacco.
General account on Timber Yielding plants.
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16758/1/Unit-20.pdf.
Assignment-9: Flip class
To prepare a list of timber yielding plants of India
T.S Of Pinus Stem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhG_5wh-dYs
Cotton and Jute
Test for the presence of Lignin in the stem of jute.
http://vlab.amrita.edu/?sub=3&brch=188&sim=778&cnt=1
Assignment-10 : Flip class
To study and list down the different varieties of cotton and add a note on bt cotton.
Test for Presence of Cellulose in Cotton Fibre
https://www.biologydiscussion.com/biochemistry/experiments-on-biochemistry-chemistry/56453
I have submitted my Ph.D. thesis under Utkal University. Presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, CUTM, Bhubaneswar. I have four years of teaching experience in a broad area of Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Environmental Biology, and Ecotoxicology. I have worked as a Junior Research Fellow in Chilika Development […]