Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT501 Course Name: Economic Botany |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Origin, distribution, botanical description, brief idea of cultivation and uses of the following: Food plants: Cereals (Rice, Wheat and Maize). Pulses: Gram, Arhar and Pea. Vegetables:Potato, Tomato and Onion. Fibers: Cotton, Jute and Flax. Oils: Groundnut, Mustard and Coconut. |
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| 2 | Morphology of plant part used, brief idea of cultivation and uses of the following: Spices: Coriander, Ferula, Ginger, Turmeric, Cloves. Medicinal Plants: Cinchona, Rauwolfia, Atropa, Opium, Cannabis, Neem, Withania Botanical description and processing of: Beverages: Tea and Coffee; Rubber:Hevea; Sugar: Sugarcane. General account and sources of timber. Energy plantations and bio-fuels. |
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