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VII. Practical
• Plant exploration and germplasm collecting, documenting passport data, use of
flora and maps, collecting vegetatively propagated species;
• Local field visit for recording of ethnobotanical information/ notes, herbarium
collection, report writing on germplasm collecting missions;
• Post exploration handling;
• Collecting wild relatives of crop plants’;
• Preparation, maintenance and use of herbarium, Ecogeographical surveys and
inventory, Use of GIS in biodiversity mapping and collecting;
• Estimation of genetic diversity in traditional agroecosystems on farm, matrix
ranking of farmer selection criteria;
• Classical and modern species concepts and biosystematics, Morphology and
anatomy;
• Comparative studies on phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy;
• Floristic and monographic work; Practical methods for elucidating and proving
hypotheses relating to plant speciation, Numerical taxonomy-practice and
procedures, Infraspecific categories in relation to population biology, Taxonomic
databases and documentation methods in relation to PGR, Taxonomy of crop plants,
cultivated species, domesticated species, wild-cultivated continuum, problems and
their resolution, newer methods of analysis and interpretation;
• Visit to Biosphere reserves/ renovated degraded ecosystems and Farmer’s fields
for landraces, visit to NBAGR/ NBPGR Regional stations.
VIII. Teaching methods
• Lectures
• Power point presentations
• assignments, quiz
• Group tasks, student’s presentations
IX. Learning Outcome
The student will learn to recognize plant families that is commonly cultivated and
also learn to identify crop plants and their wild relatives. Exposure to learn the
major principles and methods of plant taxonomy (systematics) will help to instill
an appreciation of the application of plant taxonomy in the field of plant breeding
science and utilise them in everyday life.