Facilities in the Department

The College of Food and Agriculture is committed to provide students with the up-to-date laboratory facilities necessary to prepare students for future work. The College continues to upgrade laboratory and field equipment in order to provide students with hands on experience with current technology.

Agronomy Lab Services:

• Germination test
• Seed viability test
• Seed vigor test
• Purity test
• Plant identification and Classification

Biotechnology Lab Services:

• DNA finger prints of biological samples (plants and animals)
• Micropropagation of plants
• Protein pattern analysis
• Methods of Analysis

Fish Lab:

• Measures of Salinity & TDS
• Measures of Dissolved Oxygen
• Measures of pH
• Measures of Ammonia
• Measures of Nitrate
• Measures of Nitrite

Fish Diseases

• Diagnosis
• Treatments

Fish Nutrition

Fish Propagation

Horticulture Lab Services:

• Seed dormancy alleviation
• All spectrophotometeric analysis (chemical  assays) it is the colorimetric estimation of plant chemicals. The estimation of Sugars, Starch, Phenols, Proteins, Aminoacids, Proline, Enzyme assay, Pigment analysis etc. is done using the equipment. It is based on the color development and reading the intensity of the developed color at a particular wave length against a blank solution referred to as OD value and further plotted on a known standard curve to arrive at quantitative estimation.
• Fruits and Vegetable quality analysis.
• Methods of Analysis

Soil & Water Research Lab Services:    More »

• Physical and chemical analysis for soil, plant, fertilizer and water.
• On site soil water and plant evaluation, sampling and recommendation.

Service and Training in other fields:

Agricultural Engineering:

• Design of agricultural building
• Irrigation systems design
• Site planning of agricultural projects