Department of Botany

The Department was established to train the students desirous of learning, understanding, teaching and practicing various aspects of plant sciences. Courses were designed to take care of both the classical and contemporary aspects of Botany.

Research Projects :-

Bioactive molecules from micromycetes of Jammu and Kashmir State. CSIR, New Delhi: (2008-09)
Survey of raw material availability and genetic diversity in Seabukthorn in Ladakh. DBT, New Delhi, (2008-09)

Cytological and Molecular characterization of Diversity in Alliums sativum, DST New Delhi- more than (2007-08)

Screening of Mycobial diversity of J&K State for some novel secondary metabolites, CSIR, New Delhi- (2007-08)

Reproductive strategies of two clover species with emphasis on patterns and causes of ovule abortion – DST(2006-07)

Assessment of intra specific variability ( Morphological, cytological and molecular ) in some threatened hepatics of Jammu – DBT (2006-07)

Assessment of intra specific variability (morphological, cytological and molecular) in some threatened hepatics of Jammu (North- Western Himalaya)-DBT (2005-06)

Conservation and propagation of some traditional herbs of Jammu-GVPIHED (2005-06)

Micropropagation and conservation of terminlia chebula RTZ- a medicinally important tree-GVPIHED (2005-06)

Investigations on mycotoxicity of some drug plants of J&K state-GVPIHED (2005-06)

Exploration, Evaluation and conservation of Bryodiversity of Patnitop and its adjoining areas-GVPIHED (2005-06)

EIA and EMP studies of Chutak HE Project, Ladakh J&K funded by NHPC (2004-05)

Assessment of intraspecific variability (morphological cytological and molecular) in some threatened hepatics of Jammu funded by DBT, New Delhi.(2004-05)