Department of Botany
Department of Botany
The department of Botany started functioning since the inception of this university in 2008 with sanctioned faculty strength of 6 and a student intake capacity of 20. The department is an integral part of the School of Life Sciences consisting of the departments of Botany, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Human Physiology and Zoology providing an emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach towards teaching of Life Sciences at Post-Graduate levels.
COURSES OFFERED
The department at present offers M.Sc. Courses with specialization in (i) Molecular Mycology, Virology and Plant Pathology, (ii) Molecular Genetics, Advanced Cell Biology & Applied Plant Breeding and (iii) Advanced Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology. The broad areas of research undertaken in this department leading to Ph.D. degree are Plant Stress Biology; Plant Molecular Virology; Genetic diversity, Molecular identification, Biocontrol and Genomics of Phyto-pathogens; Plant Biotechnology and Crop improvement; Tissue culture, Tree improvement and Reproductive Biology. The department at present offers M.Sc. Courses with specialization in (i) Molecular Mycology, Virology and Plant Pathology, (ii) Molecular Genetics, Advanced Cell Biology & Applied Plant Breeding and (iii) Advanced Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology. The broad areas of research undertaken in this department leading to Ph.D. degree are Plant Stress Biology; Plant Molecular Virology; Genetic diversity, Molecular identification, Biocontrol and Genomics of Phyto-pathogens; Plant Biotechnology and Crop improvement; Tissue culture, Tree improvement and Reproductive Biology.
Department of Botany
West Bengal State University
Barasat, North 24 Paraganas
Postal Address: Berunanpukuria, P.O. Malikapur,
North 24 Parganas, PIN 700126
West Bengal
India
Other Departments at West Bengal State University, North 24 Parganas
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Commerce & Management
- Department of Comparative Literature
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Department of Electronics
- Department of English
- Department of Geography
- Department of Hindi
- Department of History
- Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Physics
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Zoology
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