Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
The Department of Agricultural Botany is one of the major departments in the Faculty of Agriculture, established during 1980. In addition to teaching, the department is concentrating much on research by augmenting fund from various agencies. It shows concerted efforts in the development of new crop varieties in the name of Founder Pro-chancellor, Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad as ‘Annamalai”. Dr. C.N. Sambandam, Eminent Vegetable Breeder was the first Head of the Department followed by Dr. K.S.S.Eswaran and Dr. Capt. J. Ganesan. Presently the department is headed by Dr. M. Prakash, eminent Crop Physiologist. The department offers both post graduate and doctoral programme, apart from UG courses in the following disciplines.
Courses Offered :
=> M.Sc. (Ag.) in Genetics and Plant Breeding
=> M.Sc. (Ag.) in Seed Science and Technology
=> M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Biotechnology
=> Ph.D in Agricultural Botany
Other Departments at Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar
- Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension Services
- Department of Agricultural Economics
- Department of Agricultural Extension
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Anaesthesiology
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Animal Husbandry
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology
- Department of Botany
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of CENTRALISED INSTRUMENTATION AND SERVICE LABORATORY (CISL)
- Department of Centre for Rural Development
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Community Medicine
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Dentistry
- Department of Dermotology Venereal & Leprosy
- Department of ENT
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Department of Eduction
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Engineering Chemistry
- Department of Engineering English
- Department of Engineering Mathematics
- Department of Engineering Physics
- Department of English
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Forensic Medicine
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Department of Hindi
- Department of History
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Library and Information Science
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Manufacturing Engineering
- Department of Marine Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Music
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Orthopaedics
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Pharmacy
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Physiotheraphy
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Department of Political Science and Public Administration
- Department of Population Studies
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Structural Engineering
- Department of Surgery
- Department of TB & Chest Disease
- Department of Tamil studies & Research
- Department of Urology
- Department of Zoology
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