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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

Staff Profile

	Dr. K. J. Cherian, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor and Head of the Dept. Specialization: Phycology and Mellitopalynology
	Dr. K.H.Makde, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Specialization: Reproductive Biology and Ethnobotany
	Dr. R.S.Badere, Ph.D. Asst. Professor Specialization: Crop Improvement and Molecular Biology
	Dr. (Mrs.) Mousumi Bhowal, Ph.D. Asst. Professor Specialization: Paleobotany and Ecology
	Dr. (Mrs.) Kirti Kogje, Ph.D., NET Lecturer Specialization: Phytochemistry
	Ms. Parama Majumdar, M.Sc., NET Lecturer
	Mr. Amit Jagiya, M. Sc., NET Lecturer

Hislop College has one of the oldest Botany Departments in Central India. It boasts of large well equipped laboratories, a museum and a herbarium. The management of Hislop Education Society started The Hislop School of Plant Science from 2005 with Post Graduate course and Ph. D Programme. The department is also recognised as a Research Centre in Botany by RTM Nagpur University.
The Botany Department also runs short term Diploma Courses in Floriculture, Mushroom Cultivation, Vermi-composting, Phytochemical analysis and Melittopalynology (Bee keeping). Training programmes in Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Molecular Biology are also conducted. The department holds an Annual Flower Show in THE first week of December. This is visited by thousands of people from all walks of life.

Taught Programmes

• B.Sc. with Botany/Zoology/Chemistry
• B.Sc. with Botany/Biochemistry/Chemistry
• B.Sc. with Botany/Biotechnology/Chemistry
• M. Sc. in Botany with specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
• Diploma and Certificate courses in floriculture, mushroom cultivation, vermicomposting, phytochemical analysis and melittopalynology (Bee keeping).
• Training in Plant tissue culture and Plant Molecular Biology

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

The Department offers a Doctoral Research prgramme in such areas of Botany as Phycology, Melitopalynology, Ethanobotany, Palynology, Taxonomy, Cytology & genetics, Secondary Metabolism, Plant defence, Paleobotany, Ecology, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacognosy.

SCHOOL OF PLANT SCIENCES

In the age of vanishing natural resources, the duty of Botanists is to press for conservation of what remains. To achieve this, it is necessary to accumulate as quickly as possible, the information on numbers, locations, potential uses of all plants in general; the rare, endangered and endemic species in particular for posterity of life and its suitable utilization. This is the basic theme of Hislop School of Plant Science.
The school of Plant Science has decided to introduce some of exciting areas viz. in vitro propagation of endangered plant species, phytochemical analysis of some important medicinal plants, ethnobotanical investigations, gene transfer to plants, particle bombardment mediated transformation, transgenic plants for therapeutic use and for edible vaccine, reproductive biology of angiosperms at molecular level and palynological investigations.
The intention of Hislop School of Plant Science is to create germplasm repositories, commercial wholesale nurseries, tissue culture laboratories (commercial and research units), seed producing centres, apiculture industry (honey production), and maintenance of bee forage plants. This will create an employment potential and self earning venture to run and develop the School.
The Motto is “Biodiversity Conservation”

Publications

Publications by the faculty
• Badere R S, Koche D K, Pawar S E and Choudhary A D (2002). Regeneration through multiple shooting in Vigna radiata. The Journal of Cytology and Genetics 3(NS): 185-190.
• Bhowal M & M.T. Sheikh 2002 Schizocarpon aliformii, gen. et. sp. nov., a petrified Dicot Fruit from the Intertrappean beds of Singhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Trends in Life Sciences(India), 17(2): 89-101.
• Sheikh M T and Mousumi Bhowal (2003) Petrified dicot seed Ramakonospermus singhpuri. The Botanique 12(1): 84-87.
• Badere R S and Choudhary A D (2004). Induced low linolenic acid mutants in Indian cultivars of Linum usitatissimum L. Physiol. Mol. Biol. plants 10 (2): 285-289.
• Badere R S and Choudhary A D (2004). Induced mutations in Linum usitatissimum L. Linseed. I. J. Genet. 64 (2): 159-161.
• Bhowal M & M.T. Sheikh (2004) Baccatocarpon sharmae, gen. et. sp. nov., a petrified Dicot baccate fruit from theDeccan Intertrappean beds of Singhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Trends in Life Sciences (India), 19(1): 25-32.
• Badere R S and Choudhary A D (2005) Differential response of Var. NL-97 and RLC-6 of Linum usitatissimum towards mutagen treatment. Bioinfolet 2 (1): 52-60.
• Bhowal M & M.T. Sheikh (2005) Cariceophyllum mohgaonse, A petrified leaf from Intertrappean Bed Mohgaonkalan, Madhya Pradesh, India. Gond. Geol. Magz., V. 20(1): 47-48.
• Bhowal M & M.T. Sheikh (2006) A Petrified Dicot Fruit Euphorbioceocarpon singhpurii, from the Intertrappean Beds of Singhpur, Madhya Pradesh. Gond. Geol. Magz., V. 21(1): 47-49.
• Bhowal M & M.T. Sheikh (2008) Bicarpelarocarpon singhpurii, petrified dicot bilocular fruit from Deccan Intertrappean beds of Singhpur, M.P. India Paleobotanist.V. 57(3): 437-441.
• S.D.Narkhede and M.Bhowal (2009) Pelliaites deccanii gen.et.sp.nov. a bryophytic sporogonium from the Intertrappean Beds of Mohgaonkalan M.P., India. Bioinfolet 6 (1): 9-13.
• Badere R S, Koche D K, Pawar S E and Choudhary A D (2007) Genestein amounts in cotyledons and leaves of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek cultivars and mutants are correlated with resistance to leaf spot caused by Cercospora canesence. J. Plant Biol. 34 (3): 139-145.
• Badere R S and Choudhary A D (2007) Effectivity and efficiency of gamma rays, sodium azide and ethyl methanesulphonate in linseed Bioinfolet 4 (3): 181-187.
• Badere R S, Fepale V, Thorat A S and Kogje K K (2009) TLC analysis of phenolic compounds in Ipomoea eriocarpa and Ipomoea hederifolia of Nagpur region (Communicated).
• Kogje K K, Jagdale V K, Dudhe S S, Phanikumar G and Badere R S (2009) Antioxidant property and phenolic compounds of few important plants from trans Himalayan regions of North India (Communicated).