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PRACTICAL (30 Hours)

1. To study prokaryotic cells (bacteria), viruses, eukaryotic cells with the help of light and
electron micrographs.
2. Study of the photomicrographs of cell organelles
3. To study the structure of plant cell through temporary mounts.
4. Study of mitosis and meiosis (temporary mounts and permanent slides).
5. Study the effect of temperature, organic solvent on semi permeable membrane.
6. Study of plasmolysis and deplasmolysis on Rhoeo leaf.
7. Measure the cell size (either length or breadth/diameter) by micrometry.
8. Study the structure of nuclear pore complex by photograph (from Gerald Karp)Study of
special chromosomes (polytene & lampbrush) either by slides or photographs.
9. Study DNA packaging by micrographs.
10. To study cell structure from onion leaf peels.
11. Demonstration of staining and mounting method.
12. Comparative study of cell structure in onion cells, Hydrilla and Spirogyra
13. Study of electron micrograph of viruses, bacteria, cyanobacteria and eukaryotic cells for
comparative cellular organization.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. Karp,G.2010.CellandMolecularBiology:ConceptsandExperiments.6thEdition. John Wiley
& Sons. Inc.
2. De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis,E.M.F. 2006. Cell and Molecular Biology. 8th
edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
3. Cooper, G.M. and Hausman, R.E. 2009. The Cell: A Molecular Approach. 5th edition.
ASM Press & Sunderland, Washington, D.C.; Sinauer Associates, MA.
4. Becker, W.M., Kleinsmith, L.J., Hardin. J. and Bertoni, G. P. 2009. The World of the Cell.
7th edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publishing, San Francisco.

Bot.321 Economic Botany 3+1

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The primary objective of this course is:
 To explain the importance of plants and their role in human biological development and in
ecosystem conservation and sustainability.
 To give an opportunity for students to learn the impact of plants on society for their use as
a major food source, as medicine, and in the industrial and recreational world.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

This course will enable the students to understand:
 The botanical aspects and origins of important food, medicinal and economically
important plants.
 Evaluate the importance of plants and their different roles.
 Analyze the plant structures and interactions with hands on field experiments.

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