STAFF- RETRAINING PROGRAMME ON BIO-INFORMATICS

                 

                        STAFF- RETRAINING PROGRAMME ON BIO-INFORMATICS 

All the faculty members of Department of Botany attended staff retraining programme on  Bioinformatics and molecular Biology

EENADU ARTICLE ON LOYOLA VANUM { BOTANICAL GARDEN}

PRIDE OF LOYOLA GARDENS IN ANDHRA LOYOLA COLLEGE

 AN  ARTICLE  ON LOYOLA VANUM-  EENADU PAPER 30-10-12

ATTENDED ONE DAY SEMINAR 25-10-2012

                                 ATTENDED ONE DAY SEMINAR

Dr. B. Siva Kumari Head, Department  of Botany attended  one day seminar on 'ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TRAINING' on 25-10-2012 at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.

STAFF-RETRAINING PROGRAMME-2012

                      STAFF-RETRAINING PROGRAMME-2012

The Department of Botany organized a three day UGC sponsored

STAFF INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAMME

staff retraining workshop for the staff in Molecular Biology  and  Horticulture techniques on 15th to 17th Oct, 2012.  

Dr. P. Ashok, Scientist ,  Dr. YSR Horticultural University

BIODIVERSITY-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

BIODIVERSITY-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (05-10-12)

The Department of Botany organized a guest lecture on BIODIVERSITY-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT on 5th October 2012 at Seminar hall. 

STAFF AND STUDENTS

Dr. M. Raghu Ram, Asst Professor at ANU. He emphasized on “Usage” and “Utilization” of natural resources and human responsibility for conservation of Nature. Dr. Raghuram emphasized on the -Biological diversity - or biodiversity - is a term we use to describe the variety of life on Earth. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants, their habitats and their genes.

Loss of biodiversity - the variety of animals, plants, their habitats and their genes - on which so much of human life depends, is one of the world’s most pressing crises. It is estimated that the current species extinction rate is between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than it would naturally be. The main drivers of this loss are converting natural areas to farming and urban development, introducing invasive alien species, polluting or over-exploiting resources including water and soils and harvesting wild plants and animals at unsustainable levels. 

Role of IUCN- IUCN has access to many different kinds of information on species. The Red List of Threatened Species™ provides global assessments of the conservation status of species. The IUCN Species Survival Commission, together with the Species Programme and their partners have developed a number of approaches to build up a comprehensive picture of the status and trends in species and biodiversity at global, regional and national levels.

GUEST SPEAKER

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS- 2012-13

                                   CONGRATULATIONS  

Departments of Botany

1. S.Laksmi Bharath, (DB-13) won the First Prize in Oral Presentation at the World Wild Life Week organized by KBN college, Vijayawada, on 04.10.2012.
2. G.Sushma (DB-14) won the Second Prize in PowerPoint presentation at the World Wild Life Week organized by KBN college, Vijayawada, on 04.10.2012.
3. J.Jacob samuel Raj (DB-6) won the Consolation Prize in PowerPoint presentation at the World Wild Life Week organized by KBN college, Vijayawada, on 04.10.2012.
4. J.Jacob samuel Raj, DB-6, was a member of the team which won first prize at AURA-2012, a State level youth fest conducted by St.Anne’s College, Eluru on 27-11-2012.
5. J.Jacob Samuel Raj, (DB-6) was a member of college quiz team that won the quiz in Nalanda Degree College, Vijayawada.
6. J.Jacob Samuel Raj (DB-6), N.Leela Prasad (DB-4) and S.Naga Sai (DBMC-12) won the second prize in the Quiz Competition at the BIOFEST-2012 organized by S.V.Laksmi Degree College, Kakinada, on 10-12-2012
7. S.Naga Sai (DBMC-12) won the Brain Quest at the BIOFEST-2012 organized by S.V.Laksmi Degree College, Kakinada, on 10-12-2012
8. J.Jacob Samuel Raj (DB-6) won the second prize in the event Just a Minute at the BIOFEST-2012 organized by S.V.Laksmi Degree College, Kakinada, on 10-12-2012.
9. N.Leela Prasad (DB-04) had been a volunteer in the survey on HUMAN ANIMAL CONFLICT in grass lands of Maharasthtra by Centre for Wild life studies from 12-1-2013 to 20-1-2013.

Department of Botany

1.       S. Lakshmi Bharath (DB-13) won the Second Prize in the singing completion held at Vasvya Mahila Mandali, Vijayawada, on “Eye Donation”.

2.      N. Leela Prasad (DB-4) won the second prize in “Yuvatha” organized by Ground Water Department, AP. 

I,II & III PRIZE WINNERS IN THE INTER-COLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS  HELD AT K.B.N  COLLEGE.

                               

 Congratulations to all the students on behalf of the         

 Department of Botany.

Cresentia cujete

                                   
                                         CRESENTIA CUJETE

Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete)

Rare endemic plant bear fruit in the Loyola Botanical garden

The Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) is a plant native to Central and South America.It belongs to the family Bignoniaceae. It is a small tree of multiple uses, originating from tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics. The calabash tree grows to 30 feet often with multiple trunks. The rangy twisting branches have simple elliptical leaves clustered at the nodes.

The greenish-yellow flowers are marked with purple veins. The flowers arise from the trunk or main branches and appear from May through January. The woody fruit, botanically a capsule, is elliptic, ovate, or spherical and may grow to 10 inches in diameter. The fruit takes up to seven months to ripen. Fibres from the calabash tree were twisted into twine and ropes. 

Endemic plant bear fruit in the Loyola Botanical garden

The hard wood made tools and tool handles. The split wood was woven for sturdy baskets. But it was the calabash’s gourd-like fruit that made the plant truly useful. Large calabashes were used as bowls and, peculiarly, to disguise the heads of hunters.

STUDENTS WATCHING THE FRUIT

In Suriname’s traditional medicine, the fruit pulp is used for respiratory problems such as asthma. A fruit decoction is taken orally to treat diarrhoea, stomach ache, colds, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis.