Ph.D:Applied Botany

The Kuvempu University offers Ph.D:Applied Botany course to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

Departmental Thrust Areas of Research
Microbial diversity
Ethnobotany
Plant tissue culture
Plant Pathology
Bio Systematics

Research Projects :
Biodiversity of mosses in Bhadra wild life sanctuary- Karnataka
Study on floristic diversity Bhadra wild life sanctuary-Karnataka
Investigation on bacterial canker of tomato in Karnataka
Diseases of certain medicinal herbs in Bhadra wild life sanctuary - Karnataka
Studies on macro lichen flora of Chikmagalur and Shimoga of Karnataka
Study on Aquatic fungi of Tunga river and their significance in the degradation of organci wastes of plant origin

The department of post Graduate Studies and research in Applied Botany was founded on 20th December1993. The department was established to study the bounteous availability of natural resources, particularly, forest resources, as well as agricultural and industrial systems in the malnad region of Karnataka.The staff members of the department have received training in various fields of research in the national and International Institutions and received awards and prizes. They have been working in different aspects of botanical science and publishing research articles in peer reviewed journals having high Citation Index.

The department of Applied Botany is housed in the magnificent Bioscience Block. The department has basic facilities and is supporting the research activities. The department is collaborating with University of Agriculture Science, Bangalore, Central coffee Research Station, Balehonnur and Forestry College, Sirsi