AGR 1102: Agricultural Botany
Course Unit Title
AGR 1102: Agricultural Botany
Course Unit Description
This course covers general overview of taxonomy of angiosperms, plant Identification taxonomy morphology
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe plant cell, tissues and organs, Fine cell structures and their functions. Explain Mitosis, meiosis, molecular basis of inheritance, protein synthesis.
- Describe arrangement of tissues in monocotyledonous (monocot) and dicotyledonous (dicot) roots.
- Describe Leaf and flower: simple, compound, venation, shapes, arrangement and modification of leaves; arrangement of tissues in monocot and dicot leaves.
- Undertake classification including concepts of species, genus, family, order, division and kingdom, binomial system of nomenclature.