Bharathiyar Arts & Science

Department of BOTANY

About the Department

The Department of Botany was established in the year 2016. The department is being bloomed to make wisdom. Our mission is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences. The department has separate class for teaching and laboratory facilities for practical instruments, chemicals specimens, spotters, slides and other facilities such as furnishing the laboratories are equipped. The department of Botany is attempting to contribute solutions to the problems through its broad based and innovative programmes are started with various disciplines of Plant Science.

VISION

Our vision is to disseminate the knowledge in Biological Science especially in Plant Science and conduct innovative research, teaching and outreach on the patterns and processes of life with a focus on Plants and their environment.

MISSION

To generate knowledge and produce researchers, leaders and graduates in various fields in plant sciences, microbial sciences and biotechnology capable of providing solutions to industrial, health, agricultural and environmental challenges.

Courses offered

B.Sc.,Botany

Syllabus

B.Sc BOTANY 2020-21

Annual Plan

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ANNUAL PLANNER

Student Toppers

Toppers in the course for the last FIVE years: UG

S.NO	Academic year	Name of the StudENT
1	2022 -2023	PONMANI P
2	2021 - 2022	BHUVANESHWARI
3	2018 - 2020	HEMALATHA M
4	2017 - 2018	SATHYA C
5	2016 - 2017	V.SAJITHA

Faculty Profile

S.N0	FACULTY NAME	QUALIFICATION	DESIGNATION
1	Dr. D. THAMAYANTHI	M.Sc.,M.Phil.,PhD	HEAD CUM ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2	S.JAMUNARANI	M.Sc	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
3	Dr. S. REETHA	M.Sc.,B.Ed.,PhD	ASSISTANTPROFESSOR
4	S. ANITHA	B.Sc	LAB ASSISTANT

Lab Infrastructure

The Department of Botany has all the equipment necessary to carry out basic as well as advanced level practical for students from various semesters. Below is the list of equipments that the department supports.

Department of Botany-List of Laboratory Equipments

S.No	Equipments Name	Total Number
1	Compound microscopes	25
2	Dissecting microscopes	14
3	Light Microscope	1
4	Centrifuge	1
5	Digital colorimeter	1
6	Digital weighing balance	1
7	PH Meter	1
8	Haemocytometer	2
7	Water bath	1
8	TLC Kit	2
9	Wilmot’s Bubbler	10
10	Pestle and Mortar	40
11	Ganong’s Photometers	10
12	Ganong’s Respirometer	10
13	Capillary tube	10
14	Thermo meter	10
15	Micropipettes	10
16	Pocket PH meter	5
17	Puret & Pipette	45

SPECIMENS

S.No	Name of the Specimens
1	SARGASSUM
2	GRACILLARIA
3	PORELLA
4	ANTHOCEROS
5	CAULERPA (RHIZOME)
6	MARCHANTIA
7	PUCCINIA
8	CHLORELLIN
9	POLYTRICHUM
10	LYCOPODIUM STEM
11	LYCOPODIUM CONE
12	SELAGINELLA STEM
13	SELAGINELLA CONE
14	EQUISETUM LEAF
15	EQUISETUM STEM
16	EQUISETUM CONE
17	GLYKENIA LEAF
18	GLYKENIA STEM
19	GLYKENIA CONE
20	ADIANTUM LEAF
21	ADIANTUM STEM
22	ADIANTUM CONE
23	MARSILEA LEAF
24	GNETUM LEAF
25	HYDRILLA
26	GNETUM STEM

PERMENANT SLIDE

27	OSCILLATORIA THALLUS STRUCTURE
28	OSCILLATORIA CELL STRUCTURE
29	ANABAENA THALLUS STRUCTURE
30	ANABAENA CELL STRUCTURE
31	VAUCHERIA THALLUS STRUCTURE
32	VAUCHERIA CELL STRUCTURE
33	GRACILLARIA THALLUS STRUCTURE
34	GRACILLARIA CELL STRUCTURE
35	ANTHOCEROS THALLS T.S
36	CYCLOTELLA THALLUS
37	USNEA
38	VIRUSES
39	NYCTANTHES
40	BOERHAAVIA
41	DRACAENA
42	BETA VULGARIS
43	ANOMOCYTIC STOMATA
44	ANISOCYTIC STOMATA
45	PARACYTIC STOMATA
46	GRAMINACEOUS STOMATA
47	DIACYTIC STOMATA
48	ANATROPOUS OVULE
49	ORTHOTROPOU OVULE
50	CIRCINOTROPOUS OVULE
51	AMPHITROPOU OVULE
52	CAMPYLOTROPOUS OVULE
53	NUCLEAR ENDOSPERM
54	CELLULAR ENDOSPERM
55	RUMINATE ENDOSPERM

SPOTTES

S.NO	NAME OF THE SPOTTES
1	EQISTEM
2	PINUS MALE CONE
3	CYCAS MALE CONE
4	RING ROT OF POTATO
5	TOBACO MOSAIC VIRUS
6	SELAGENELLA
7	PORELLA
8	ANTHOCEROS THALLUS
9	MUSHROOM
10	FUNARIA GAMETOPHYTE
11	ACCACIA PHYLLODE
12	HYDRA
13	FUNARIA CAPSULE
14	JASMINE TWIG
15	CITRUS CANKER
16	BUNCHY TOP OF BANANA
17	TOBACO DISEASE
18	CYCUS HABIT
19	MARCHANTIA THALLUS
20	PINUS FEMALE CONE
21	SURGASSUM THALLUS
22	CYCUS FEMALE CONE
23	CYCUS OVULE
24	MOSIC DISEASE OF LADYFINGERS
25	CYCUS MICROSPORE
26	LYCOPODIUM WITH CONE
27	MARSELIA HABIT
28	DAMPING OFF SEEDLING
29	GNETUM HABIT
30	POLYPORUS HABIT
31	ADIANTUM HABIT
32	PLAST OF PADDY
33	FUNARIA
34	VANDA
35	SEED GERMINATION
36	JACK FRUITS
37	JASMINE FLOWER
38	VANDA ROOT
39	LYMNOPHYLLA
40	CYCUS MEGASPORE

Achievements

V.Sajitha from the Department of Botany Secured 9th ranks respectively in the Periyar University Degree examinations

Programme Organized

Year	Name of the workshop/ seminar/ conference	Number of Participants	Date From – To
2021-2022	The role of student and Teachers in concervation of Biodiversity	93	22.12.2021
2020-2021	National Seminar on Recent Advances in Plant tissue Cultural	100	23.09.2020
2019-2020	Agricultural practices and their impact on environment - the way forward	100	19.07.2019
2018-2019	National Conference on Bio products and development in agricultural inputs for organic crop production	285	20.09.2018
2018-2019	National workshop on Mushroom Cultivation and production	100	06.02.2019
2017-2018	National Conference on Advances in Biological Techniques	100	07.09.2017
2016-2017	National Seminar on Human Health and Preventive methods	50	05.10.2016

Department Activities

S.NO	EVENT NAME	DATE	TIME
1	POWER POINT PRESENTATION	01.03.2022	10.00 AM
2	POSTER PRESENTATION	02. 03.2022	2:00 PM
3	FIRE LESS COOKING	03.03.2022	10.00 AM
4	SNAP COLLECTION	04.03.2022	11.00 AM
5	MINE CRAFT SEED	04.03.2022	02.00 PM