WEEK TITLE OF LECTURE/MODULE DURATION GRADED ASSESSMENT
WEEK-1
DAY-1
Vavilov’s Centre’s of origin Quizzes/
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WEEK-1
DAY-2
Evolution of Crops Quizzes/
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WEEK-1
DAY-3
Crop domestication and loss of Genetic Diversity Quizzes/
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WEEK-1
DAY-4
Wheat and its products Quizzes/
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WEEK-1
DAY-5
Rice: Botany, cultivation and economic importance
Quizzes/
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WEEK-2
DAY-1
Rice fields Quizzes/
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WEEK-2
DAY-2
Milling of Rice and its by-products Quizzes/
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WEEK-2
DAY-3
Sugars– as information molecules Quizzes/
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WEEK-2
DAY-4
Sugarcane: Botany, cultivation, and its economic importance
Quizzes/
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WEEK-2
DAY-5
Genetically modified crops
Quizzes/
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WEEK-3
DAY-1 Fats and oils Quizzes/
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WEEK-3
DAY-2 Essential oils: General account, extraction methods, comparison with fatty oils and their uses. Quizzes/
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WEEK-3
DAY-3 Eucalyptus essential oils Quizzes/
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WEEK-3
DAY-4
Sandalwood essential oil Quizzes/
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WEEK-3
DAY-5
Rosa essential oil
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WEEK-4
DAY-1 Mustard: Botany, cultivation, and economic importance Quizzes/
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WEEK-4
DAY-2 General description, classification, extraction, uses and health implications of linseed oil Quizzes/
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WEEK-4
DAY-3 Brief Account of Millets Quizzes/
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WEEK-4
DAY-4 Economic importance of fennel Quizzes/
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WEEK-4
DAY-5 Timber: general account with special reference to teak and pine Quizzes/
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WEEK-5
DAY-1 Timber extraction–mining, dams, and their effects on forests, and tribal people: case studies Quizzes/
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WEEK-5
DAY-2 Legumes: Structure and composition Quizzes/
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WEEK-5
DAY-3 Processing of legumes Quizzes/
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WEEK-5
DAY-4 Pigeon pea: Origin, morphology and uses. Quizzes/
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WEEK-5
DAY-5 Chickpea: Origin, morphology and uses
Quizzes/
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WEEK-6
DAY-1 Starch: Commercial sources and productivity Quizzes/
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WEEK-6
DAY-2 Potato: Botany, cultivation, and economic importance Quizzes/
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WEEK-6
DAY-3 Cinchona: Botany and uses Quizzes/
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WEEK-6
DAY-4 Soybean: General description, classification, extraction, uses, and heath implications Quizzes/
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WEEK-6
DAY-5 Economic importance of Clove and Black pepper Quizzes/
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WEEK-7
DAY-1 Spices and Condiments: General account Quizzes/
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WEEK-7
DAY-2 Spices -Classification, trade, flavors, processing, and quality Quizzes/
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WEEK-7
DAY-3 Medicinal plants: General account Quizzes/
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WEEK-7
DAY-4 Green gold of Kashmir Himalayas: Medicinal herbs Quizzes/
Assignments
WEEK-7
DAY-5 Therapeutic and habit forming drug Cannabis
Quizzes/
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WEEK-8
DAY-1 Digitals: General Account Quizzes/
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WEEK-8
DAY-2 Papaver: General Account Quizzes/
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WEEK-8
DAY-3 Tobacco: Morphology, processing, uses and health hazards Quizzes/
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WEEK-8
DAY-4 Cotton: Botany, cultivation, and economic importance Quizzes/
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WEEK-8
DAY-5 Jute: Cultivation and economic importance Quizzes/
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WEEK-9
DAY-1 Coconut: Botany, cultivation, and economic importance Quizzes/
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WEEK-9
DAY-2 Coir: Morphology, extraction and uses Quizzes/
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WEEK-9
DAY-3 Coffee: Botany, cultivation, and processing Quizzes/
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WEEK-9
DAY-4 Rubber: Botany, cultivation, processing, and uses Quizzes/
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WEEK-9
DAY-5 Simple sugars
Quizzes/
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WEEK-10
DAY-1 Firewood and timber sources Quizzes/
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WEEK-10
DAY-2 DNA damage Quizzes/
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WEEK-10
DAY-3 Projected risks & benefits of genetically modified crops Quizzes/
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Prof. Irshad Ahmad Nawchooholds master’s degree in Botany from the University of Kashmir and worked for his M.Phil., and Ph.D. inUniversity of Kashmir. He currently teaches at theDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir. His basic research interests include plant resource utilization with basic assessment of natural resource assessment, development of protocol for domestication and commercialization. His interests include density and diversity of Medicinal and Aromatic plants, their genetic diversity, chemical profiles and identification of elite genotypes for commercialization. He has published more than 80 high-impact research papers, two books and several book chapters, in recognition of which he has been awardedseveral national and international awards. Prof. Irshadis on the editorial board of some prestigious journals and has been an invited speaker at various scientific meetings/conferences. He is currently a part of some national network projects sponsored by DST, DBT, UGC and CSIR mainly related to assessment of genetic diversity, chemical profiles and development of commercialization techniques of some elite Medicinal and Aromatic plants of NW Himalaya. He has so far completed 7 National collaborative projects and at present 3 projects are in Vogue. He has so far supervised 12 Ph. D and 30 M. Phil Scholars and at present is supervising 9 Ph. D scholars in diverse fields mainly related in MAP’s.
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