Plant Biotechnology BT 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Plant Biotechnology detail syllabus for Biotechnology (Bt), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17BT73), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other bt 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit BT 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for plant biotechnology is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students

1. The basic concepts & techniques of plant tissue culture, media preparation, plant transformation, biotic & abiotic stresses wrt transgenic plants.
2. To outline & understand to use the applications of molecular farming in getting useful products for mankind.
3. Sketch the role & importance of BNF & describe the mechanism of signal transduction in plants.
4. Explain the role, importance & applications of algal technologies with suitable examples.

Module 1

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Module 2

PLANTS FOR BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES: Introduction to biotic stresses, types. Application of plant transformation – bt genes, Structure and function of Cry proteins – mechanism of action, critical evaluation. Non-bt like protease inhibitors, alpha amylase inhibitor, Transgenic technology for development of virus, bacterial and fungal resistance plants. Abiotic stress – Introduction to drought and salinity stresses, transgenic strategies for development of drought resistant plants, case studies.

Module 3

PLANT IMPROVEMENT & MOLECULAR FARMING: Post-harvest losses, long shelf life of fruits and flowers, use of ACC synthase, polygalacturanase, ACC oxidase, male sterile lines, barstar and barnase systems. Herbicide resistance -phosphoinothricin, glyphosate, atrazine; insect resistance. Biosafety regulations and evaluation of transgenics contained conditions. Implications of gene patents. Plant metabolic engineering and industrial products: Molecular farming for the production of industrial enzymes, biodegradable plastics, polyhydroxybutyrate, antibodies, edible vaccines. Metabolic engineering of plants for the
production of fatty acids, industrial oils, flavonoids etc., Engineering of carotenoid and provitamin biosynthetic pathways.

Module 4

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Module 5

ALGAL TECHNOLOGIES
Blue-green algae and Azolla – Identification of elite species and mass production for practical application. Mycorrhizae – importance in agriculture and forestry. Algae as a source of food, feed, single cell protein, biofertilizers; industrial uses of algae. Mass cultivation of commercially valuable marine macroalgae for agar agar, alginates and other products of commerce and their uses. Mass cultivation of microalgae as a source of protein and feed.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

• State the basic concepts of plant Biotechnology in plant tissue culture, media, tools of genetic engineering in producing transgenic plants (For eg., disease resistant).
• Explain the role & importance of plant Biotechnology in BNF, mechanism of signal transduction in plants & molecular farming.
• Describe the role, importance & applications of plant tissue culture, molecular farming, transgenic plants, Bioinsecticides, Biofertilizers, nif genes & algal technologies with suitable examples.

Reference Books:

1. Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Practices by Channarayappa, University Press.
2. Plant Tissue Culture: Applications and Limitations by S.S. Bhojwani, Elsevier,Amsterdam.
3. Plant Cell and Tissue Culture for the Production of Food Ingredients by TJ Fu, G Singh and WR Curtis (Eds): Kluwer Academic Press.
4. Biotechnology in Agriculture by MS Swamynathan, McMillian India Ltd.
5. Gene Transfer to Plants by Polyykus I and Spongernberg, G.Ed. Springer Scam.
6. Genetic Engineering with Plant Viruses by T Michael, A Wilson and JW Davis, CRC Press.
7. Molecular Approaches to Crop Improvement by Dennis Liwelly Eds. Kluwer. Academic Publishers.
8. Plant Cell and Tissue Culture- a Laboratory manual by Reinert J and Yeoman MM, Springer.
9. Plant Tissue Culture by Sathyanarayana BN, IK Intl. Publishers.

Text Books:

1. Plant Cell Culture: A Practical Approach by R.A. Dixon & Gonzales, IRL Press.
2. Plant biotechnology in Agriculture by K. Lindsey and M.G.K. Jones, Prentice hall, New Jersey.
3. Plant Biotechnology, Prakash and Perk, Oxford & IBH Publishers Co.
4. Plant Biotechnology by J Hammond, P McGarvey and V Yusibov, Springer Verlag.
5. Biotechnology in Crop Improvement by HS Chawla, Intl Book Distributing Company.
6. Biodegradation and Detoxification of Environmental Pollutants by Chakrabarthy AM. CR Press.
7. Practical Application of Plant Molecular Biology by RJ Henry, Chapman and Hall.

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