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Biotechnology is the science of the future of man. The areas of research that are directly relevant include food production, plant propagation, forest management, tree breeding, renewable energy resources, pharmaceutical, research and development, and other vital areas that would contribute to the efforts towards plenty and prosperity for the benefit and welfare of all mankind. Biotechnology and plant genetics have given us the green revolution, the white (milk) ...
Plant biotechnology has made tremendous progress in recent years. The present publication aims to provide enough information and examples to give the reader a sound knowledge of plant biotechnology in all its guises. The topics included in the book covers Bioengineering techniques, Plant breeding, Genetic recombination, Tissue culture, Cloning, Enzyme and Immunoassays. It deals with Disease resistance, Pest resistance, Herbicide resistance, transformation ...
This book presents a comprehensive review of special research directed towards efficient and environmentally sensitive use of forests. Industries are developing radical new biotechnology processes to expand and develop their range of products that originate from the world's forest. As a result of the growing understanding of the processes involved, biotechnology is also helping to reduce any adverse impact on the environment.
Plant conservation is an international issue and one of the major aims of this book has been to explore the importance of biotechnology as evidenced by its use in major international plant genetic resource centers located in different parts of the globe. Most agronomically important plant groups have been considered and particular emphasis has been given to those species which have a significant conservation problem such as the vegetatively propagated tuber ...