Description
Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BSCG)
Valid from 1st January, 2026 to 31st December, 2026
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: BBYET-143
Course title: Economic Botany and Biotechnology
Assignment Code: BBYET-143/TMA/2026
Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.
1.Define the following terms: i) Domestication syndrome ii) Lathyrism iii) Withering iv) Glyceride v) Bioremediation vi) Hardwood vii) Totipotency viii) Protoplast ix) DNA fingerprinting x) Recombinant DNA technology
2.Name few medicinal plants. Describe their identifying features, region of cultivation and major uses
3.Describe the origin, taxonomy and distribution of wheat and rice
4.What is genetic engineering? Describe the technique of Agrobacterium mediated transformation with the help of a diagram.
5.a) What is Biotechnology? Categorization and describe various branches of Biotechnology on the basis of colour.
b) With the help of well-labeled diagram, describe the techniques of plant tissue culture and plant genetic engineering
6.Describe the procedure for construction of Genomic and cDNA libraries
7.Enlist the major fibre yielding plants. Describe the morphology, cultivation and uses of any two of them.
8.a) Write botanical name, family, and morphology of coffee.
b) Discuss the dry and wet methods of processing of coffee.
9.a) Legumes are considered as nutritional foods. Explain
.b) Enumerate the importance of spices in cookery
10.Write short notes on the following: i) Cryopreservation ii) Colony hybridization iii) Important oil crops of India iv) Hybridoma technology v) Molecular Assisted Breeding (MAB)
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