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UNIT V APPLICATION OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY 9
Outline of plant tissue culture, transgenic plants, herbicide and pest resistant plants, molecular pharming ,
theraputic products.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:
 Students will be familiar with the details about the genetic materials of plant cells.
 Students willgain knowledge about the structure, function and genetic material of chloroplast and
mitochondria.
 Students will gain knowledge about the importance of nitrogen fixation.
 Students can develop confidence about the protocols followed for plant transformation using
Agrobacterium and viral vectors in plant breeding and their application to crop plants.
 Students will be able to get ideas on the basic knowledge in the plant tissue culture techniques,
transgenic plants and molecular pharming.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Gamburg OL, Philips GC, Plant Tissue & Organ Culture fundamental Methods, Narosa Publications.
1995.
2. Singh BD. Text Book of Biotechnology, Kalyani Publishers. 1998
3. Adrian Slater, ―Plant Biotechnology‖, Oxford University Press, USA, 2003.

REFERENCES
1. Heldt HW. Plant Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oxford University Press. 1997.
2. Ignacimuthu .S, Applied Plant Biotechnology , Tata McGraw Hill. 1996.

BT17E69 BIOETHICS L T P C
3 0 0 3

OBJECTIVES:
 To give introduction about basic issues in engineering ethics, professional ideals and virtues with
emphasis given to the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting.
 To gain knowledge about Industrial standards, research ethics and codes of ethics
 To learn about the importance of safety and risk assessment in industries and risk benifit analysis in
new product development
 To create awareness about IPR,Responsibilities and rights of employees and their responsibility
about the environment and society.
 To stimulate critical and possible reflection of the moral issues and surrounding engineering practice
and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for pursuing those issues

UNIT I ENGINEERING ETHICS 9
Senses of ‗Engineering Ethics‘ – Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry – Moral dilemmas– Moral
Autonomy – Kohlberg‘s theory – Gilligan‘s theory – Consensus and Controversy – Professions and
Professionalism – Professional Ideals and Virtues – Uses of EthicalTheories

UNIT II ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION 9
Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Research Ethics - Codes of
Ethics – Industrial Standards - A Balanced Outlook on Law – The Challenger Case Study

UNIT III ENGINEER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY 9
Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk Benefit Analysis – Reducing Risk – The Government
Regulator‘s Approach to Risk - Chernobyl and Bhopal Case Studies.

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