BBYET-143 ECONOMIC BOTANY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY in English Solved Question Paper June 2023
ECONOMIC BOTANY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Course Code: BBYET-143
| Title Name |
BBYET-143 Solved Question Paper June 2023 |
| University | IGNOU |
| Service Type | Solved Question Paper (Soft copy/PDF) |
| Course | BSCG |
| Language | English |
| Year | June 2023 |
| Course Code | BBYET-143 |
| Product | Solved Question Paper (IGNOU) |
1. (a) Write botanical names of the following
plants : 1×4=4
(i) Coffee
(ii) Black pepper
(iii) Turmeric
(iv) Shisham
(b) Fill in the blanks : 1×4=4
(i) In wheat the outermost layer of
endosperm is ……….. .
(ii) The most important alkaloid in
Rauwolfia serpentina is ……………….. .
(iii) ……………. is the undifferentiated mass
of cell produced via tissue culture.
(iv) The technique of southern blotting
was developed by ………… …………. .
(c) Write full form of the following
abbreviations : 1×2=2
(i) RFLP
(ii) SNP
2. Write botanical name of any four spices of your
choice. Describe morphology and uses of any
one of them. 4+3+3
3. (a) List the botanical names of any four
legumes of your choice. Describe their
nutritional value. 4+1
(b) Write a note on cultivation, morphology
and uses of soybean. 5
4. (a) What is micropropagation ? Enlist the
major steps involved in it. 1+4
(b) Define somatic embryogenesis and describe
its importance. 1+4
5. Briefly outline the principle and methodology of
DNA fingerprinting technique with the help of
a labelled diagram. 10
6. Explain CRISPR-cas 9 technology. Describe its
importance and list its applications. 10
7. List various areas of application of plant
biotechnology. Discuss any two areas of your
choice where biotechnology had made its mark.
4+6
8. Write short notes on any four of the following :
(i) Shuttle vectors
(ii) ELISA technique
(iii) Cloning vectors
(iv) Germplasm conservation
(v) Western blotting technique
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