{"id":24,"date":"2015-10-02T07:42:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fbl-102-forest-botany\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:18","slug":"fbl-102-forest-botany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fbl-102-forest-botany","title":{"rendered":"FBL 102: Forest Botany"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Subject Ante and Title: <\/span><\/strong>FBL 102 Forest Botany <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Subject status:                       <\/span><\/strong>Core <\/span><\/p>\n

Credits rating:                       <\/span><\/strong>12 credits<\/span><\/p>\n

Time distribution:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectures:                     40 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Seminars\/Tutorials:      20 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Practical:                     30 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignments:               10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent study:     20 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prerequisite:<\/span><\/strong> None<\/span><\/p>\n

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Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Define key concepts and terminologies used in forest botany<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of general botany, plant taxonomy and phytogeography. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Identify and describe important plant families in forestry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    4. Apply the acquired knowledge and skills to identify different plant taxa<\/span><\/p>\n

    5. Acquire knowledge and skills of plant collection and herbarium making.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Contents: <\/span><\/strong>Introduction: The concept of botany; characteristics of gymnosperms and angiosperms. Plant morphology: The plant body; the root, stem and leaf. Plant anatomy: The plant cell, plant meristems, tissues and tissue systems. Reproduction in flowering plants: inflorescence, the flower, pollination and fertilization, embryo and seed development. The fruit: fruit and seed dispersal. Plant taxonomy: definitions and concepts used in plant taxonomy, the need for plant classification, historical development of plant taxonomy, the process of classification, sources of taxonomic information; principles of botanical nomenclature. Ways and means to classification and identification; the herbarium and the experimental garden; identification keys. Plant description: identification and description of important plant families in forestry and wildlife. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Required readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Kishan, G. R., Jean-Michel M. & K. R. Shivanna (2014). Reproductive Biology of Plants.<\/em> CRC Press. <\/span><\/li>\n
    2. 2.<\/strong>Beck, C. B. (2010). An introduction to plant structure and development. Plant anatomy for the Twenty-first Century.<\/span><\/em><\/strong> Cambridge University Press, <\/span><\/li>\n
    3. 3.<\/strong>Dutta , <\/span>OUP India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Recommended readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Dutta , <\/span>OUP India<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Bigrami, K.S., Srvastava, L.M. and Shreemali, J.L. (1997). Fundamentals of Botany<\/em>. <\/span>Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Porter, C.L. (1990). Taxonomy of Flowering Plants<\/em>. OUP India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Subject Ante and Title: <\/span><\/b>FBL 102 Forest Botany <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        Subject status:                       <\/span><\/span><\/b>Core <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

        Credits rating:                       <\/span><\/span><\/b>12 credits<\/span><\/p>\n

        Time distribution:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        Lectures:                     <\/span>40 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

        Seminars\/Tutorials:      <\/span>20 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

        Practical:                     <\/span>30 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

        Assignments:               <\/span> 10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

        Independent study:     <\/span>20 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        Prerequisite:<\/span><\/b> None<\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n

        1.   <\/span><\/span><\/span>Define key concepts and terminologies used in forest botany<\/span><\/p>\n

        2.   <\/span><\/span><\/span>Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of general botany, plant taxonomy and phytogeography. <\/span><\/p>\n

        3.   <\/span><\/span><\/span>Identify and describe important plant families in forestry.<\/span><\/p>\n

        4. Apply the acquired knowledge and skills to identify different plant taxa<\/span><\/p>\n

        5. Acquire knowledge and skills of plant collection and herbarium making.<\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        Contents: <\/span><\/b>Introduction: The concept of botany; characteristics of gymnosperms and angiosperms. Plant morphology: The plant body; the root, stem and leaf. Plant anatomy: The plant cell, plant meristems, tissues and tissue systems.  <\/span>Reproduction in flowering plants: inflorescence, the flower, pollination and fertilization, embryo and seed development. The fruit: fruit and seed dispersal. Plant taxonomy: definitions and concepts used in plant taxonomy, the need for plant classification, historical development of plant taxonomy, the process of classification, sources of taxonomic information; principles of botanical nomenclature. Ways and means to classification and identification; the herbarium and the experimental garden; identification keys. Plant description: identification and description of important plant families in forestry and wildlife. <\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

        Required readings<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        1.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kishan, G. R., Jean-Michel M. & K. R. Shivanna (2014). Reproductive Biology of Plants.<\/i> CRC Press. <\/span><\/p>\n

        2.      <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>Beck, C. B. (2010). An introduction to plant structure and development. Plant anatomy for the Twenty-first Century.<\/span><\/i><\/strong> Cambridge University Press, <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

        3.      <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>Dutta , <\/span>A.C. <\/span><\/a><\/span>(2000). A Class-Book of Botany.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/span>OUP India<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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        Recommended readings<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

        1.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dutta , <\/span>A.C. <\/span><\/a><\/span>(1998). Botany for Degree Students.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/span>OUP India<\/span><\/p>\n

        2.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bigrami, K.S., Srvastava, L.M. and Shreemali, J.L. (1997). Fundamentals of Botany<\/i>. <\/span>Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n

        3.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Porter, C.L. (1990). Taxonomy of Flowering Plants<\/i>. OUP India<\/span><\/p>\n

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        Subject Ante and Title: FBL 102 Forest Botany   Subject status:                       Core Credits rating:                       12 credits Time distribution: Lectures:                     40 hours Seminars\/Tutorials:      20 hours Practical:                     30 hours Assignments:               10 hours Independent study:     20 hours   Prerequisite: None   Learning Outcomes   Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":705,"menu_order":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/703"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}