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a) It facilitated the students to collect research articles using keywords

b) It made them understand advanced research in their field of study
c) It helped them simplify the research article for better understanding

Title of the Practice: Terrace Gardening and Biodiversity Conservation

Objective of the Practice:

a) To understand landscaping techniques
b) To conserve medicinal plants

c) To isolate plant secondary metabolites

The Actual Practice:

Terrace gardening was initiated as an activity under Jain University Biological Association (JUBA).
Interested undergraduate students were asked to get pots, soil and fertilizers from Lalbagh

botanical garden. The students were given an understanding of various medicinal plants like aloe

Vera, Tinospora cord folia, cacti and several flowering plants. Plants were potted and watered
regularly, the pots were arranged to understand landscaping techniques, and pollinators were

studied. Students were also introduced to concepts of plant taxonomy.

Outcome:

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