Biotechnology and Pollution Control

In the field of biotechnology there is a seamless flow of basic research becoming directly applicable to humankind. Considering the enormous biodiversity and biological wealth in this country, basic research and modern biology, product oriented research for new generation of vaccines, diagnostics, recombinant products and other bioproducts specially the eco-friendly technologies would be the priority agenda for the next millennium. An integrated biotechnological approach has been adopted for biodiversity conservation, germplasm characterisation, treatment of industrial effluent, waste treatment and conversion to useful products. A veritable mine of information, this work contains vivid description of a number of vital issues like—biotech process development; biotech facilities; waste water treatment; control of industrial pollution; control of air pollution; convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (1979); principles of pollution control. Etc. The contents will enrich the basic knowledge of readers in many dimensions.