Practical Botany for F.Y. B.Sc.

Author : S. R. Shinde, R. A. Kamble

ISBN - 978-93-92464-17-1

Practical Exercises

1. Study of morphology of Bacteria by Gram staining

method.

2. To Study the citrus canker disease

3. To Study the symptoms of yellow vein mosaic of

Bhendi

Practicals on Algae

4. To Study the Systematic position and external features

of Nostoc

5. To Study the Systematic position and external features

of Oedogonium

6. To Study the Systematic position and external features

of Ectocarpus

Practicals on Fungi

7. To Study the Systematic position, external and internal

features of Penicillium

8. To Study the Systematic position, external and internal

features of Alternaria

9. To Study the Systematic position, external and internal

features of Agaricus

10. To Study the different forms of Lichens

11. Study of Ectomycorrhiza and Endomycorrhiza

Practicals on Bryophytes

12. Study of Marchantia

13. Study of Funaria

Practicals on Pteridophytes

14. Morphological and anatomical studies of Lycopodium

15. Morphological and anatomical studies of petiole and

rhizome of Marsilea

Practicals on Gymnosperms

16. Morphological and anatomical studies of Cycas

17. Morphological study of Pinus

18. Study of Fossil plants - Bennettites, Lyginopteris,

Ginkgo

19. Estimation of soil bulk density and porosity

20. Study of morphological and anatomical adaptations

of Hydrophytes - Hydrilla stem, Nymphea petiole

21. Study of morphological and anatomical adaptations

of Xerophytes - Nerium leaf, Casuarina stem

22. Determination of dissolved oxygen (DO) in water

samples

23. Determination of minimal quadrate size for the study

of herbaceous vegetation in college campus.

24. Quantitative analysis of herbaceous vegetation in the

college campus

25. Study of vegetative and floral characters of the plants

of following families with their floral formulae and

floral diagrams

A. Family-Brassicaceae

Brassica compestris (Mustard)

B. Family- Fabaceae

Tephrosia hamiltonii (Unhali)

C. Family-Solanaceae

i) Datura stramonium (Datura)

ii) Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha)

D. Family-Lamiaceae

Ocimum sanctum (Tulsi)

E. Family-Poaceae

Triticum aestivum (Wheat)

26. Excursion / study tour for plant specimen collection