BOT 299

BOT 299 — Industrial Attachment I

Credit Units: 3Level: 200 LevelDepartment: PLANT BIOLOGY

Students should be attached to industrial organisations for 12 weeks for appropriate exposure. Assessment to be based on written report, seminar presentation and referees” assessment. 12 weeks (1A), C UIL-BOT204: Botany in Landscaping and Range Management Meaning and principle of landscaping. Types of landscapes and landforms. Elements of landscaping. Hardscaping and softscaping landscapes. Components of softscape landscaping. Meaning and principles of range and range management. Types of range. Characteristics of rangeland. Management strategies for rangeland. Botanical characteristics of hedges and ornamental plants. Definition of botanical garden. Purpose of creating botanical garden. Design of botanical gardens. Uses of botanical gardens. Plants in interior decoration and lawn maintenance. Site survey and analysis. Potential of floriculture industry in Nigeria. Cut flowers of commercial importance to export markets. 30hrs (T), 45hrs (P), C UIL-BOT205: Biometry Development of biometry. Applications and limitations of biometry. Data in biology. Samples and populations. Research variables in biology. Concept of accuracy and precision. Measures of location. Measures of spread or dispersion. Coding of data. Probability distributions (binomial, negative binomial, poisson, normal distributions). Distribution and variances of means, and confidence limits. Introduction to experimental design. Hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Correlation and Regression. Analysis of Frequency. Test of Goodness of Fit. Test of Independence. 15hrs (T), 45hrs (P), C