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There are six
laboratories cum
classrooms in
addition to a
general research
laboratory and a
tissue culture
laboratory.
Similarly there are
a lecture theatre,
herbarium, seminar
hall cum museum,
departmental
library, computer
room, central
equipment facility,
and a botanical
garden. Each faculty
member has a
separate chamber
with some research
facilities. The
Department has
equipment such as
thermocouple
psychrometer,
porometer, pressure
chamber, PCR, bomb
calorimeter,
centrifuges,
research
microscopes, gas
chromatography,
laminar flows,
spectrophotometers,
electrophoresis
system, electronic
balances, computers,
photography
facilities, GPS,
etc.
Department
Library
The Department has
its own library with
over 1000 books
related to all
disciplines of plant
science. In
addition, the
library receives
national and
international
journals. It also
houses over 300 M.Sc.
dissertations on
plant science. The
Department accepts
gifts of
publications,
exchanges of
journals and
contributions to
enrich departmental
facilities. The
Department library
is run by a
committee comprised
of a teacher,
student and
supporting staff.
Herbarium
The department has
its own herbarium,
possessing over
20,000 plant
specimens. It is
registered as TUCH
in the Index
Herbariorum. All
researchers
associated with
department deposit a
set of specimen in
the departmental
herbarium. Besides
herbarium of higher
plants the
department also
houses huge
collection of lower
groups of plant,
collection of seeds
and other plant
materials.
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