LMS - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna

Course Overview:

Department of Agricultural Biology offers this compulsory course for students following BSc Agriculture Resource Management and Technology and BSc Agri-Business Management.

Course Objectives:

To provide students with a basic understanding of

            ■ principles and methods in plant taxonomy

            ■ botany of tropical crops

            ■ developmental morphology of agricultural plants

            ■ common weeds identification and their control methods

 To familiar the students with the common laboratory techniques related to Crop Botany and Weed   Science.

Department of Agric. Biology offers this compulsory course for the students following BSc. Green Technology in the first year second semester. 

Course overview:

This course mainly aims to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the undergraduates for serving as researchers, academics, scientists, and technical personalities in biotechnology-related fields in any country in the future. Lessons in this course will guide the students to integrate their knowledge of molecular biology and biotechnology to develop strategies to overcome environmental pollution problems. Thus, the course ensures improving the critical thinking of the students guides them through a rewarding career development in the field of environmental biology, and supports lifelong learning.

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The Introductory Plant Pathology course is offered to provide students the opportunity to acquire knowledge related to contemporary themes in the area of plant pathology with the following course objectives.

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 Offered to ARMT (New Curriculum) as a compulsory course

This course provides students with fundamentals of Genetics and Plant Breeding with a practical exposure on learning to plant breeding.