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CROP 440: Research Project

In the final year, a B.Sc. student in Crop Science must choose a topic for a research investigation directed at solving a specific plant science-related problem in consultation with a lecturer who becomes the student’s supervisor.  A bound...

CROP 437: Pests and Diseases of Horticultural Crops

Overview of the concept of pests and diseases and development of pest and disease in plants. Disease diagnosis, assessment and general control of plant diseases.  Study of the identification, damage, economic importance, symptoms and management of major...

CROP 435: Environmental Horticulture

Landscape Design: History of garden and landscape design.  Contemporary trends, types and elements of the landscapes.  Objectives of landscaping. Conduction of a landscape survey and analysis of landscape survey data.  Materials of design....

CROP 434: Fruit and Vegetable Crops

The fruit industry. Classification of fruit crops. Factors affecting fruit production. Establishment of an orchard: propagation and nursery practices and fruit crop management; fruit quality and marketing. Detailed knowledge of the botany. Physiology and...

CROP 433: Molecular Biology

The nature of DNA nucleic acids.  Replication of double stranded DNA.  The Genetic code, Gene and Gene expression. Production of Recombinant DNA.  The Polymerase Reaction.  Cloning of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.  Genome...

CROP 427: Seed Science and Technology

Biology of seeds – ontogeny, structure, storage, germination and storage behaviour.  Principles and practices involved in the production, harvesting, processing, conditioning, storage, testing, quality management and use of agricultural seeds....

CROP 426: Genetics and Plant Breeding

Introduction to evolutionary, population and quantitative genetics. Plant genetic resources.  Reproductive systems in crop plants.  The genetics basis and methods for breeding self-and cross-pollinated crops.  Mutation breeding. Polyploidy....

CROP 425: Statistics for Agriculturists

Introduction to planning and execution of agricultural experiments. Principles of scientific experimentation. Statistical methods commonly used in agricultural research and experimental biology. Descriptive statistics. Normal ‘T’ and ‘F...

CROP 424: Plant Virology

History, classification and terminologies in virology. Virus structure, components of viruses.  Isolation and characterization of viruses. Transmission of viruses. Life cycle of virus- synthesis and Genome replication of viruses. Virus entry, movement...

CROP 423: Plant Pathology

Review of the major characteristics of the major pathogen groups; Introductory plant pathology, Development of disease in individual plants and plant population, plant disease triangle, disease cycle and relationship between disease cycle and epidermics in...

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