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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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