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Agricultural Botany
Agricultural Botany section is actively engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in addition to conducting research work on rice and soybean. This section is having an area of 1.50 ha. covering Dhanvantari Udyan (Herbal Garden) and Teak plantation. The section is provided with four well equipped laboratories including plant tissue culture laboratory. Seed production programme is also executed as per the university directives by this section. The staff of this section also uses to render services to farming communities. The staff from this section also visiting problematic fields, writing popular articles in newspaper, magazine and attending farmers rallies.
Teaching
Agricultural Botany section is provided with two Associate Professor and five Asstt. Professor and supporting staff headed by the Professor of Agril Botany. At present one post of Assistant Professors is vacant and one Assistant Professor is on study leave w.e.f. 01/08/2015 for Ph.D. programme. The section use to offer eleven core courses and part of two experiential learning courses as per the revised syllabus in two semesters every year. In addition to teaching, each staff member is allotted ten to fifteen students for counselling. The teaching staffs uses to guide and solve academic as well as personal problems of these students. Staff members are also organizing coaching classes for the students appearing for ICAR Jr. Res. Fellowship Examination and JNAU Examination (PG entrance exams) as well as competitive examinations.
The following courses are offered by this department as a core courses and experiential learning courses.
B. Sc. (Agri). Course Layout as per IV Dean Committee.
| Sr. No. | Semester | Course No. | Credits | Course Title |
| 1 | I | BOT-111 | (1+1)=2 | Environmental Science |
| 2 | II | BOT-122 | (2+1)=3 | Principles of Genetics |
| 3 | III | BOT-233 | (2+1)=3 | Principles of Plant Breeding |
| 4 | III | BOT-234 | (2+1)=3 | Crop Physiology |
| 5 | IV | BOT-245 | (2+1)=3 | Breeding Field & Horticultural Crops |
| 6 | V | BOT-356 | (2+1)=3 | Principles of Plant Biotechnolgy |
| 7 | VI | BOT-367 | (2+1)=3 | Principles of Seed Technology |
| 8 | VII | BOT-478 | (0+1)=1 | RAWE |
| 9 | VIII | Association to Experiential Learning AEL- AGRO-4811 | (0+8)= 8 | Seed Production of Field Crops & Processing |
| Total: 29=13+16 | ||||
B. Sc. (Agri). Course Layout as per V Dean Committee. (2017-18)
| Sr. No. | Semester | Course No. | Credits | Course Title |
| 1 | I | BOT 111 | 2(1+1) | Introductory Biology |
| 1 | II | GPB 121 | 3(2+1) | Fundamentals of Genetics |
| 2 | II | BOT 121 | 2(1+1) | Fundamentals of Crop Physiology |
| 3 | III | GPB 232 | 3(2+1) | Fundamentals of Plant Breeding |
| 4 | IV | GPB 243 | 3(2+1) | Principles of Seed Technology |
| 5 | IV | ELE GPB 244 | 3(2+1) | Commercial Plant breeding |
| 6 | IV | ELE BOT 242 | 3(1+2) | Micropropogation Technologies |
| 7 | V | GPB 355 | 2(1+1) | Crop Improvement – I (Kharif Crops) |
| 8 | V | BOT 353 | 1(1+0) | Intellectual Property Right |
| 9 | VI | GPB 366 | 2(1+1) | Crop Improvement – II (Rabi crops) |
| 10 | VIII | ELM BOT 481 | 10(0+10) | Seed production and Technology |
| 11 | VIII | ELM.BOT 482 | 10(0+10) | Tissue culture Technologies |
| Total: 31=12+19 Remedial Course (BOT 111):02=1+1 |
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M. Sc. (Agri.) Course Layout
| Sem. No. | Course No. | Title | Credits |
| I | Major Courses | ||
| GP-501 | Principles of Genetics | 2+1=3 | |
| GP-502 | Principles of Cytogenetics | 2+1=3 | |
| GP-503 | Principles of Plant Breeding | 2+1=3 | |
| Minor Course | |||
| MBB-501 | Principles of Biotechnology | 2+1=3 | |
| Supporting Courses | |||
| BIOCHEM-501 | Basic Biochemistry | 2+1=3 | |
| STAT- 511 | Statistical Methods for applied Science | 2+1=3 | |
| II | Major Courses | ||
| GP-504 | Principles of Quantitative Genetics | 2+1=3 | |
| GP-508 | Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 2+1=3 | |
| GP-510 | Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance | 2+1=3 | |
| Minor Course | |||
| MBB-504 | Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation | 1+2=3 | |
| Supporting Courses | |||
| STAT-506 | Design of Experiments for genetics and Plant Breeding | 2+1=3 | |
| Non Credit Compulsory Course | |||
| PGS-503 | Intellectual Property and Its Management in Agriculture | 1+0=1 | |
| III | Major Course | ||
| GP-515 | Maintenance Breeding, Concepts of Variety Release and Seed Production | 1+1=2 | |
| IV | GP-591 | Master’s Seminar | 0+1=1 |
| Total | 45 | ||
| Research | 0+20=20 | ||
| Grand Total | 65 | ||
