The Department offers graduate programs leading to M.S. and Ph. D. Degree.

The Department of Crop Botany has major research programs on: various physiological processes under normal and stressful conditions; ecophysiology of different crops, hormonal regulation of crop growth and development, embryological aspects of fruit development and biochemical and nutritional aspects of fruits and vegetables.

Dr. Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Professor,

Dr. Md. Abul Hossain Molla, Associate Professor

Mohammad Atikur Rahman, Lecturer.

Adjunct Faculty:

Dr. Arshad Ali, Professor (retired), Department of Crop Botany, BAU, Mymensingh;

Dr. A.R. Gomosta, PSO, Plant Physiology Division, BRRI, Joydebpur, Gazipur;

Dr. M. A. Halim Khan, Professor, Department of Crop Botany, BAU, Mymensingh;

Mr. Md. Ahsanullah Senior Scientific Officer, Oilseed Research Centre, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur.

Research Supervisor:

Dr. A.R. Gomosta, PSO, Plant Physiology Division, BRRI, Joydebpur, Gazipur;

Dr. M. A. Halim Khan, Professor, Department of Crop Botany, BAU, Mymensingh
 

CBT 503 Plant Physiology I ( 3 cr.):

Photosynthesis: photosynthetic apparatus and functions, photochemical reactions and photophosphorylation, stomotal movement and intake of CO2, transportation and reduction of CO2, regulations of photosynthesis and photorespiration; translocation of sugar; phloem tissue, mechanism of phloem loading and unloading, source-sink activity and sugar translocation; respiration: glycolysis and utilization of glycotic products under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, TCA cycle and oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, respiration and crop yield: growth and development in plants: physiological bases of quantitative growth analysis, photo-periodism and physiology of flowering, maturation and senescence.

CBT 505 Plant Anatomy ( 3 cr.):

Structure and development of cell wall and meristem and epidermis; formation of complex tissue, vascular cambium and their organization; Anatomy of root, leaf and branches; anatomy of floral parts of cereals, pulses and oilseed crops.

CBT 507 Plant Ecology I (3 cr):

Ecosystems and community dynamics: Concept, composition, classification, structure and functioning of natural and cultivated ecosystems; Marine, estuarine and terrestrial eco-systems of the world with special reference to Bangladesh; Community diversity-analysis, species diversity, elements contributing to diversity; Formation of vegetation and succession: Process and factors controlling the formation of natural and ranged vegetation. Successional processes; Natural selection and population biology: Acclimatization and naturalization, forces of selection, fit-ness, adaptation and productivity; Plant competition: inter- and intra-specific competition; Phytogeography: Principles and factors governing the distribution of plants; Plant conservation and management; Causes of depletion of forest in Bangladesh with their ecological impacts and possible remedies; Environ-mental pollution: Different types of pollution, causes, effects on environment and vegetation and remedies with special reference to plant productivity; Greenhouse effects: Concept, causes, effects and remedies.

Gametophytic generation of angiosperm; development of male and female gametes, fertilization and formation of fruits, seeds and embryo; factors affecting embryo abnormalities and degeneration; problems associated with inter specific hybridization in relation to development and ways to circumvent them; apomixis - a general outline; and polyembryony - its cytological basis and implication.

CBT 521 Taxonomy of Crop Plants ( 3 cr.):

Plant systematics - historical background; plant nomenclature; evolution and plant biosystematics; and identification of vascular plants. This course includes field trips and lab.

CBT 522 Economic Botany (3 cr):

Importance of plants and plant products; Economically important bacteria, algae, lichens, yeast, bryophytes and pteridophytes; Economically important gymnosperms and their products; Economically important angio-sperms- industrial, medicinal, flavoring, beverages plants and their products.

CBT 531 Plant Nutrition I (3 cr):

Sources, functions and uptake mechanism; nutrient availability: soil factor affecting nutrient availability and mineral cycles; nutrient deficiency symptoms.

CBT 535 Crop Botany Lab I ( 3 cr.):

Quantitative estimation of chlorophyll, -carotene, ascorbic acid, carbohydrates e.g. reducing sugar, invert sugar, and starch, proteins nucleic acids in plants; qualitative and quantitative estimation of individual organic acids by HPLC; pollen viability and growth of pollen tube; anatomy of important crop plants.

Enzymes - their roles in plant metabolism; biosynthesis of carbohydrate, proteins and lipids and their metabolism in plants; bioenergetics in plant - biological oxidation and reduction, electron transport processes.

Concept and classification of PGR; biosynthesis, mechanism of action and transportation of IAA, GA, CK, ABA and ethylene in plants; application PGR in agriculture.

Special study assigned by the Major Professor on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and/ or interest of the student.

Investigation of special problems in Crop Botany not related to a thesis problem.

Seminar (1 cr): Discussion of assigned topic.

CBT 599 M.S. Thesis Research ( Credit to be arranged but not less than 12 cr.):

Original thesis research.

CBT 605 Plant Physiology ( 3 cr.):

Growth correlation and periodicity: Periodicity of vegetative and reproductive growth, growth correlation between vegetative and reproductive development; Cell water relations: Structure, properties and functions of water in plant cell; water movement in and out of a plant cell, interrelationship between osmosis, turgidity and water potential; Translocation of solutes: Nature of solution in trans-port, path of movement; mechanism of phloem loading, translocation and unloading; factors affecting translocation; Enzymes and bioenergetics : Cell energy relation- bioenergetics of formation of ATP, NADH and their utilization in various plant processes; bioenergetics of some major enzymatic activities in plants; Plant metabolism : Anabolic and catabolic pathways of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids and their cellular and organelle compartmentation.

Environmental stresses affecting crop production; physiological basis of different stresses; mechanisms of plant response to different types of stresses; ways to overcome stress conditions.

CBT 615 Plant Biochemistry ( 3 cr.):

Composition and biosynthesis of cell wall materials; metabolism and inter-conversion of carbohydrates, proteins and fatty acids and, fats and vitamins

Growth and development: growth, differentiation and development in plants, degree of determination, factors affecting vegetative and reproductive growth; Plant photomorphogenesis: Action spectrum and role of phytochrome in plant morphogenesis; Molecular and photobiological characteristics of phytochrome; Mode of action of phytochrome in photomorphogenesis; Physiology of aging and senescence: physiology of leaf and flower aging, factors affecting aging and senescence, measurement and significance of abscission of reproductive structures in plants; Physiology of flowering : Flower induction and morphogenesis, factors modifying photo induction, nature and mechanism of thermoperiodism in plants.

CBT 625 Plant Nutrition II (3 cr):

Involvement of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in the metabolism o primary and secondary plant product; Assimilation of nitrogen and sulfur; Physiological and biological functions of the essential elements indicating their roles in biochemical events.

Overview: Structural and chemical organization of plant cell; Plasma membrane and cell wall: structure and functions; Ultra structure and functions of cell organelles: Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus; Lysosomes, Microbodies, Mitochondria, Plastids, Nucleus, Chromosomes and Ribosomes

CBT 636 Plant Ecology II (3 cr):

Light environment: Radiation balance, Quality and quantity of solar energy, Penetration of radiation and light absorption in crop canopies; Temperature relations of soils and plants: Soil heat flux and thermal properties of soil, Diurnal and seasonal pattern and profile of soil temperature, Temperature profile above natural surface, Sensible heat transfer in the atmosphere, Temperature pro-file in plant canopies; Water relations of plants and soils: Energy balance and water balance, Atmospheric humidity, Evaporation and Evapotranspiration, Ecology of dryland, wet-land and flooded ecosystems; Wind: Effects on crop growth, Atmospheric stability, Wind profiles over the growing crops, Wind breaks and shelter effects on crop production; Fire: Kinds, direct and indirect effects, ecological implications of fire on vegetation and crop production; Topography: Effects of altitude, latitude, slope and aspects on crop production.

Discussion of assigned topics.

Original dissertation research.

2  Approved by the Student's Advisory Committee.

Major Courses

Minor Courses

3

3

Seminar

2

1

Thesis Research

30

2  Approved by the Student's Advisory Committee.