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Field trip to Mr. Farmers, Mapusa Goa

On 4th October 2023, the class of S.Y. B.Sc. Biotechnology went for
a fieldtrip to Mr. Farmers in Mapusa. The trip was headed by Dr.
Tanvi Prabhu, the professor of Plant Physiology and Urban
Gardening. We reached there at around 2:00 pm and started our
tour around the nursery. We saw different plants for example
Duranta.sp, Gardenia, Ixora sp and Zamia sp. The nursery had a
lot of ornamental plants, bonsais and all of the tools and
equipments. The equiments seen were rake, moss stick, lawn
mower, artificial lawn, grafting knife, hand tools, pruning saw,
vertical garden pots, shredders, sprayer, GS appplicator, digging
trowel, hand cultivator, pruners, khurpi and German fertilizers.
The trip concluded with a group picture. The plants that were
observed in conclusion were 20 ornamental plants, 7 flowering
plants. Trees were 3, herbs were 4 and shrubs were 5 in number.
The nursery is known to have most ornamental plants, equipments
and grafting plants.

~Kimberly Bennet D'Costa
S.Y. B.Sc. Biotechnology

Class of SY BSc Biotechnology with Dr. Tanvi Prabhu and Mr. Farmer’s Guide

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