Agricultural Biotechnology detailed Syllabus for Biotechnology Engineering (BIOTECH), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU BIOTECH 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Biotechnology Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-3) subjects refer to Professional Elective-3 Scheme. The detail syllabus for agricultural biotechnology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: Origin of cultivated plants and plant indication, Introduction to Indian Agriculture heritage; Soil management and its relevance in Pre-modern India. Review of plant cell structure and function; Review of water uptake; Introduction to plant nutrition; Mineral availability- uptake of minerals; Methods of breeding self-pollinated and vegetatively propagated plants; Seed Germination and Seedling Growth; Photoperiodism and its significance; Vernalization and hormonal control. Heterosis-Genetic and Molecular basis, Apomixis -Mechanism and significance in crop improvement.
Module 2
POST HARVEST BIOTECHNOLOGY: Importance of post harvest physiology; Stages of growth; Maturity indices; Fruit ripening- changes during ripening; Post harvest losses-types; Technologies to control post harvest losses; Respiration and transpiration loss, methods to measure respiration and transpiration losses; Spoilage of fruit and vegetable, Microbial contaminants and post-harvest pathology; Potential application of biotechnology to reduce post harvest losses; Enzymatic browning and its control.
Module 3
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Module 4
BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ORGANIC FARMING: Organic farming, principles and its scope in India; Organic ecosystem and their concepts; Role of Biotechnology in organic nutrient resources and its fortification; Restrictions to nutrient use in organic farming; Choice of crops and varieties in organic farming; Biotechnology in fundamentals of insect, pest, disease and weed management under organic mode of production; Integrated compost production- microbe enriched compost; Important industries producing Biopesticides.
Module 5
MOLECULAR FARMING AND NITROGEN FIXATION: Molecular farming for the production of industrial enzymes, biodegradable plastics, polyhydroxybutyrate, antibodies, edible vaccines; Use of mutants in crop improvement and polyploidy; Metabolic engineering of plants for the production of fatty acids, industrial oils, flavonoids etc., Engineering of carotenoid and provitamin biosynthetic pathways. Nitrogen fixation and biofertilizers-Diazotrophic microorganisms, nitrogen fixation genes; Two component regulatory mechanisms; Transfer of nif genes and nod genes-structure, function and role in nodulation; Hydrogenase-Hydrogen metabolism. Genetic engineering of hydrogenase genes; Plant response to nutrients; Phytohormones-Roles of auxins, cytokinins, gibberillins, abscisic acid and ethylene.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Biotechnology in Agriculture, a Dialogue MS Swamynathan McMillian India Ltd 1991
- Plant biotechnology in Agriculture K. Lindsey and M.G.K. Jones Prentice hall, New Jersey 1989
- Arun K. Sharma A Hand book of organic farming Agrobios, India 2002
- Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture Arie Altman Paul Hasegawa Academic Press 1st Edition 2011
Reference Books:
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For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (BIOTECH) 7th Sem, visit Biotechnology Engineering 7th Sem Subjects.
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