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July 20th, 2016, 09:30 AM
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Pune University Garden
Can you tell me about the facilities offered in Botany Department of Savitribai Phule Pune University other than its Botanical Garden?
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July 20th, 2016, 10:18 AM
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Re: Pune University Garden
The facilities offered in Botany Department of Savitribai Phule Pune University other than its Botanical Garden are as follows: Botanical Garden The Botany Department has an impressive Botanical garden which has a collection of over 490 species of 310 genera from 81 families of plants. Its special features include a collection of 22 species of palms, threatened and endangered ferns, gymnosperms, medicinal plants and plants of special botanical interest. Museum It has a well built museum, which represent the changes in flora along the geological time scale. It includes fossil specimen and peels, besides wet and dry specimen of the plant kingdom. Department Library Its library has a collection of over 3000 text books and reference books in Biology. M. Phil. and Ph.D. theses of students who were awarded the respective degrees are also available for reference work. Field Facility It has facilities to carry out field experiments in the Botanical garden. Experimental plots and irrigation facility is available. Computer and Internet Facility It has a well equipped computer and Internet facility for conducting practical in statistics and bioinformatics. WIFI connectivity is available, which is accessed by most students. Microphotography Facility It has several stereo-zoom, bright field, phase contrast and fluorescence microscopes with imaging attachments which are available to research students and faculty. Culture Facilities It has the facilities for aseptic manipulations, transfer and incubation to raise in vitro cultures of algae, bacteria, fungi and higher plants. These include laminar air flow cabinets, shakers, incubators and incubation rooms. |
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