Department of Agricultural Biotechnology

Undergraduate Courses

ABT-101: Introductory Biotechnology

[Compulsory], [2 Credits], [4th semester]

History and development of biotechnology and molecular biology; pre-20th century biotechnology; biotechnology in the 20th century; Different branches of biotechnology, Current status of biotechnology.

ABT-102: Principles of Agricultural Biotechnology

[Compulsory/Selective], [3 Credits], [5thsemester]

Basic Concept of Agricultural Biotechnology, What makes modern agricultural biotechnology. The current issues and concerns surrounding agricultural biotechnology, Application and challenges of biotechnology in agriculture.

ABT-103: Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

[Compulsory / Selective], [3 Credits], [6th semester]

Basic knowledge on molecular biology, Molecular nature of genes, Introduction to gene function, Gene expression, Updated information on molecular biology, Relationship between DNA and protein, DNA extraction, Measuring DNA purity and density.

ABT-104: Environmental Biotechnology

[Compulsory / Selective], [3 Credits], [6th semester]

Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology, Fundamental of biological intervention, Pollution and pollution control, Contaminated land and Bioremediation, Phytotechnology, Biotechnology and waste, Integrated Environmental Biotechnology.

ABT-105: Technique in Molecular Biotechnology

[Compulsory / Selective], [3 Credits], [7thsemester]

DNA and RNA extraction, Measuring purity and density, DNA amplification using polymerase change reaction (PCR) and RT-PCR, Gel electrophoresis, DNA and cDNA library Gene cloning and Gene structure analysis, Fingerprinting and typing forensic technology, DNA sequencing and synthesis.

ABT-106: GMOs; Biosafety and Bioethics

[Compulsory / Selective], [3 Credits], [7thsemester]

What are Genetically modified organisms (GMO), Development of GMOs by genetic engineering and genome editing, Challenges and advantages of GMOs, Regulation and biosafety on GMO crop production, Biosafety Law and Bioethics, Intellectual Property Right and Biosafety implications.

ABT-107: Molecular Marker Technology

[[Compulsory / Selective], [3 Credits], [8thsemester]

Principles for marker development, Types of marker and their applications, Genetic Markers, Isozyme, DNA markers, Population construction and Cloning based on position, Marker assisted selection (MAS), genome assisted selection (GAS), GWAS, Application and case study (assignment).

ABT-108: Food Biotechnology

[Compulsory / Selective], [3 Credits], [8th semester]

Biotechnology in traditional food application, and fermentation process, Microorganisms in food production, Genetic improvement, New biotechnologies in postharvest treatment and food processing, Improvement of food quality and quantity, The role of biotechnology in ensuring food security and sustainable agriculture, Challenges and opportunities of food biotechnology.

ABT-109: Enzymatic Engineering

[Compulsory], [3 Credits], [9th semester]

Basics and application of enzymes, Enzymes properties and functions, Importance and usefulness of DNA manipulating enzymes, Gene cloning and expression vectors, Natural and engineered enzymes production

ABT-110: Gene Expression and Regulation

[Compulsory], [3 Credits], [9th semester]

Principles of gene expression and regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, Gene structure, organization and components in genome, Gene regulation-purpose in genome, CIS and TRAN elements for gene regulation, Level of gene regulations, Combinatorial gene control, Protein expression.

ABT-111: Industrial and Agricultural Biotechnology

[Compulsory], [3 Credits], [9th semester]

Introduction scope and historical developments; Development of industrially important organisms, The application, bio-processing and bio-chemical engineering in industrial biotechnology, Production of industrially important primary and secondary metabolites, Immobilized enzymes based bioreactors and applications, Molecular farming.

M.Agr.Sc Degree Courses

ABT- 601: MOLECULAR HOST PLANT RESISTANCE TO PESTS Credits 3

This course is intended to orient the students to understand in detail about the signal molecules, bioactivity, biosynthetic pathways, mechanisms of action, and genetic regulation for improved methods of crop protection apart from Plant structural traits which can act as a physical barrier to resist pests (e.g., trichomes, spinescence, waxy cuticles, sclerophylly.

ABT-602: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN CROP IMPROVEMENT Credits 3

ABT-603: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Credits 3

This course is intended to orient the students to understand biotechnology that addresses environmental problems, such as the removal of pollution, renewable energy generation or biomass production, by exploiting biological processes. And also the use of microorganisms and their processes for the clean-up of environmental contamination which include ground-water treatment, treatment of leachates, and clean-up of contaminated soils, sludges, and sediments etc.

ABT-604: MOLECULAR MARKER TECHNOLOGY AND MAPPING Credits 3

This course is intended to develop scientific knowledge in the processes of marker development and to understand the uses of markers and mapping for varietal improvement processes. Southern blot-based marker; restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), PCR-based markers; random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPDs), amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), and microsatellite or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) marker, Inter-SSR (ISSRs). Sequence-characterized amplified region (SCARs), SSR polymorphisms (SSRPs), restriction site amplified polymorphism (RSAPs), cleavage amplified polymorphism (CAPs), degenerated cleavage amplified polymorphism (dCAPs). It will also guide germplasm characterization, collection and utilization and map-based cloning.

ABT-605: TISSUE CULTURE IN CROP IMPROVEMENT Credits 3 (2+1)

This course is intended to understand the techniques of tissue culture and by which crop genetic improvement practices could be accomplish such as embryo rescue, soma clonal variation, cultivation of cloned genes ect.

ABT-606: GENETIC MANIPULATION LEVEL – I Credits 3

This course is intended to orient the students to understand the ways and means of genome editing technology and its applications. It includes clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs).

ABT-607: BIOREACTOR Credits 3 (2+1)

This course is intended to understand a device or system designed to grow cells or tissues in the context of cell culture. These devices are being developed for use in tissue engineering or biochemical/bioprocess engineering. It will also guide the modern applications of plant biotechnology in pharmaceutical sciences.

ABT-608: FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS Credits 3 (2+1)

This course is intended to orient the student to understand how the individual components of a biological system work together to produce a particular phenotype and how genes and intergenic regions of the genome contribute to different biological processes.

ABT-671 SPECIAL PROBLEM Credits-2

Critical review and discussion on the specific area of biotehnology, supposedly leading to the Master's Research.

ABT-681 SEMINAR Credit-l

ABT-691 Research paper (international/domestic) Credit-1

ABT-699 MASTER'S RESEARCH Credit-16

Ph.D. Degree Courses

ABT -701 Advanced molecular biology in crop improvement 3 credits

This course is intended to orient the students to understand the uses of different molecular techniques for the crop improvement practices. How can molecular biology help for crop genetic improvement programs? And in detailed understanding of Genome wide association study (GWAS), Genotyping by sequencing (GBS) and Marker assisted breeding (MAB) etc.

ABT-702 Advanced molecular marker technology and mapping 2+1 credits

To develop scientific knowledge in the processes of marker development and to understand the uses of data base system for different types of mapping and map-based cloning for varietal improvement processes. Introduction to different types of molecular marker systems. To develop markers through data base search.To develop markers through library construction. Selection of markers which are already available on line to meet our won objectives. Analysis through data base search such as BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool), Application of Primer 3 or Argos program for the development of novel primer pairs. The protocol for some genetic analysis programs such as Phylip program package, Structure, Power Core, Tassel stand alone etc.

ABT-703 Genetic manipulation level-II 3 credits

ABT-704 Bioinformatics 2+1 credits

This course is intended to orient the student to understand the scientific discipline that encompasses all aspects of biological information acquisition, storage, analysis, and dissemination of biological data, most often DNA and amino acid sequences. It will also guide the application of tools of computation and analysis to the capture and interpretation of biological data.

ABT-705 Bioindustry 3 credits

This course is intended to orient the student to understand other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes. Bioindustry encompasses various technologies that strive towards increased resource efficiency and the ability to draw value from biomass. Low carbon energy, biomass refining, recycling, waste utilization and sustainable chemicals are all possible products of the bioindustry. As the potential of bioindustry is so massive, the interest towards its solutions spans across industries that have not traditionally used biotechnology solutions.