Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Work planकार्य योजनाStep by step with your guide / trainer.
Description in Technical TermsStudy of Local Angiosperm FamiliesHerbarium TechniquesIdentification with Keys and FlorasEmbryology Exercises
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File, report & vivaफ़ाइल, रिपोर्ट और वाइवाPractical file / report checked, mock viva before the final one.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 18 topics
01Description in Technical Terms
4 टॉपिक+
- Habit, root, stem and leaf characters
- Inflorescence and flower description
- Symmetry, aestivation, placentation
- Fruit and seed characters
02Study of Local Angiosperm Families
4 टॉपिक+
- Brassicaceae, Malvaceae, Fabaceae
- Solanaceae, Lamiaceae, Asteraceae
- Euphorbiaceae, Liliaceae, Poaceae
- Floral formula and floral diagram
03Herbarium Techniques
4 टॉपिक+
- Collection and field notes
- Pressing and drying
- Poisoning, mounting and labelling
- Maintenance of a herbarium
04Identification with Keys and Floras
3 टॉपिक+
- Indented and bracketed dichotomous keys
- Using a regional flora
- Online plant databases
05Embryology Exercises
3 टॉपिक+
- Pollen viability test
- In vitro pollen germination
- Slides of anther, ovule types and embryo sac
About this course
आप यह कर पाएँगे
- Describe vegetative and floral characters of a plant in correct technical terms
- Dissect flowers of local families and write floral formulae and draw floral diagrams
- Identify plants to family level using keys and floras
- Collect, press, mount and label herbarium specimens
- Perform pollen viability and pollen germination tests
यह किसके लिए है
- B.Sc Botany students of Semester 3 (UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus)
- Students preparing for the university practical exam and viva
आपको क्या चाहिए
- Studying the theory paper Flowering Plants Identification and Aesthetic Characteristics
- Hand lens, needles, blade and practical record
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
सवाल
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus for B.Sc Botany, Semester 3. Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university's syllabus and question pattern.
Do I have to submit a herbarium?
Most universities ask for a set of herbarium sheets in the practical exam; the trainer guides you to prepare them.
How are the practicals marked?
The trainer watches each experiment and marks it on a rubric; the viva questions here prepare you for the university practical exam.
