Week-3; 3. Measurement of leaf water potential by the dye method.
Course Material
- Week-1; 1. Preparation of solutions of specific normality of acids/bases, salts, sugars, molal and molar solutions and their standardization.
- Week-2; 2.Determination of uptake of water by swelling seeds when placed in sodium chloride solution of different concentrations.
- Week-3; 3. Measurement of leaf water potential by the dye method.
- Week-4; 4. Determination of the temperature at which beet root cells lose their permeability.
- Week-5; 5.Determination of the effects of environmental factors on the rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot by means of a potometer/cobalt chloride paper method.
- Week-6; 6. Extraction of chlorophyll from the leaves and separation of component pigments on a paper chromatogram. Study of absorption spectra using spectrophotometer.
- Week-7; 7. Estimation of oxygen utilized by a respiring plant by Winkler's method.
- Week-8; Mid Term Exam
- Week-9; b) Ecology 1. Determination of physical and chemical characteristics of soil.
- Week-10; 2. Measurements of various population variables
- Week-11; 3. Measurement of vegetation by Quadrate and line intercept methods.
- Week-12; 4. Field trips to ecologically diverse habitats
- Week-13; 5. Measurements of wind velocity.
- Week-14; 8. Measurement of light and temperature.
- Week-15; 9. Effect of light and temperature on seed germination.
- Week-16; Final Term Exam.
- Chapters 16
- Department Biological Sciences(SCB)
- Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Kabir
