Agricultural Biotechnology detailed syllabus for Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering (BBE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BBE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BBE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to BBE Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of agricultural biotechnology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 9
Basic concepts and history of biotechnology, Different branches of biotechnology, Tools of Genetic Engineering: Cloning vehicles, Restriction enzymes, Modifying enzymes, DNA ligase, Polymerase etc. Cloning Vectors, Recombinant DNA technology
Unit II
PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUES 9
Significance of plant breeding in crop development. Methods of plant breeding in self and cross pollinated crops. Clonal selection, population improvement programme. Heterosis, Genetical and physiological basis.Interspecific/ Intergeneric hybridization, Heterosis inbreeding depression. Polypliody its types. Mutation breeding Gene actions, heritability, genotype and environmental interactions.
Unit III
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Unit IV
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 9
Geographical causes of diversity. Types of diversity. Biodiversity and centers of origins of plant. Hot spots in India. Principles of conservation biology. Biosphere concept, Genetical and evolutionary principles of conservation. Collection Maintenance and conservation of biodiversity. endangered plants, endemism and Red Data Book
Unit V
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 9
Intellectual Property Rights and legal concerns of Bio-resources. Case study on Basmati Rice, Turmeric and Neem
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to
- Acquire knowledge on plant breeding
- Outline the principles of plant breeding and its techniques
- Demonstrate various tools involved in genetic engineering
- Illustrate the different strategies for biodiversity conservation
- Acquire knowledge on IPR and its importance in patent rights
- Demonstrate different tools of plant genome analysis
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- TA Brown, Gene Cloning and DNA analysis, an introduction, Fourth edition, Blackwell science, 2001.
- From Genes to clones, Introduction to gene Technology. Panima Publishing Corporation, 2003.
- Jocelyn E. Krebs, Elliott S. Goldstein, Stephen T. Kilpatrick, Lewin’s Genes XII, 2017.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 6th Sem, visit BBE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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