About the Book

Handbook of Biotechnology

Handbook of Biotechnology is a collection of scientific techniques, including genetic engineering, that are used to create, improve, or modify plants, animals and microorganisms. Using conventional techniques, such as selective breeding, scientists have been working to improve plants and animals for human benefit for hundreds of years. Modern techniques now enable scientists to move genes and therefore desirable traits in ways they could not before - and with greater ease and precision. Handbook of Biotechnology provides students with a basic understanding of the concepts that contribute to Biotechnology Revolution. This book has been so designed as to fulfill the quick review of biotechnology and clearly helps to understand key information on biotechnology from fundamental concepts to advances in that subject area. Language of the book is simple; presentation is lucid and unambiguous for easy understanding of the subject matter. This book is very useful to undergraduate students and teachers as well to get in-depth knowledge of this subject.\ CONTENTS : (1)Agricultural biotechnology (2)Food and Environmental Biotechnology (3)Industrial and Microbial Biotechnology (4)Industrial Biotechnology Techniques (5)Genetic Fingerprinting (6)Application of Cell Biotechnology (7)Polymerase Chain Reaction (8)Function of RNA (9)Development of Technologies using Biotechnology (10)Bioinformatics Techniques (11)Genetically Engineered Crops (12)Technique of Cross-breeding.