Biotechnology

This book provides a comprehensive overview of plant omics and big data in the fields of plant and crop biology.

Under ongoing climate change, natural and cultivated habitats of major food crops are being continuously disturbed.

This book explains the main problems of industrial wastewater treatments and how they are being treated by innovative biological processes.

Biotechnology of Major Cereals focuses on the recent advances and future prospects in cereal biotechnology.

This is a practical guide to seed germination in oil palm for both breeding and genetic studies as well as commercial seed production.

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups.

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups.

The 'bioeconomy' is the idea of an economy based on the sustainable exploitation of biological resources.

The 'bioeconomy' is the idea of an economy based on the sustainable exploitation of biological resources.

Efforts to improve food security in the developing world have been hampered due to myths surrounding GM agriculture.

Efforts to improve food security in the developing world have been hampered due to myths surrounding GM agriculture.

This is a practical guide to seed germination in oil palm for both breeding and genetic studies as well as commercial seed production.

Oil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and genetic studies.

Oil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and genetic studies.

This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division (Vienna, Austria).

This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division (Vienna, Austria).

This is a hands-on, practical guide covering seedling screening for disease response in oil palm for pathology, breeding and genetics.

This is a hands-on, practical guide covering seedling screening for disease response in oil palm for pathology, breeding and genetics.

Endophytes are bacterial and fungal microorganisms that colonize plants without usually eliciting visible disease symptoms but establishing intricate and mutually beneficial interactions with their host plant.

Endophytes are bacterial and fungal microorganisms that colonize plants without usually eliciting visible disease symptoms but establishing intricate and mutually beneficial interactions with their host plant.

Microbial metabolism refers to how microbes obtain energy and nutrients needed to live and reproduce.

The book explores the intricate connections between the nervous and immune systems in the context of neurodegenerative disorders, offering a comprehensive overview of the bidirectional communication between these systems and their implications for disease progression and therapeutic interventions.

By 2050 the United Nations (UN) predicts a world population of 9.

This book explores the most recent advances in medicinal plant conservation and improvement through genetic transformation.

The world population is increasing while arable land is decreasing at an alarming rate.

Allelopathy is a field that can play a major role in containing environmental pollution through providing viable alternatives to synthetic pesticides and contributing to sustainable agriculture.

Environmental protection and resource recovery are two crucial issues facing our society in the 21st century.

Biotechnology is referred to as one of the key enabling technologies of the 21st century.

This book comes with an Appendix on Intellectual Properties and Commercialisation of Transgenic Plants by John Barton (Stanford University Law School)This timely and important book presents the essence of transgenic plant production.

In the mid-eighties, there was a revolution in plant biotechnology.

Ultrafiltration is a pressure-driven, membrane-based separation process, which is used for a broad variety of applications, ranging from the processing of biological macromolecules to wastewater treatment.

Plant molecular biology came to the fore in the early 1980s and there has been tremendous growth in the subject since then.

This book presents the results of Cleverbio, a project funded by the European Commission.

Gary Acton is a London oncologist and his book offers a unique insight into the chaotically unpredictable world of cancer medicine and the biotechnology industry.

Biomaterials for Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis covers the application of materials designed to encourage new blood vessel formation.

Antimicrobial Activity of Nanoparticles: Applications in Wound Healing and Infection Treatment presents the state of the art among nanotechnological approaches used in the treatment of infections.

One of the exciting aspects of being involved in the field of molecular biology is the ever-accelerating rate of progress, both in the development of new methodologies and the practical applications of these methodologies.

In biotechnology and bioengineering, small molecules can be used to increase the efficiency reduce the cost and damage to the environment of certain bioprocesses.

White biotechnology is the use of enzymes and microorganisms in industrial production through applied biocatalysis.

In biotechnology and bioengineering, small molecules can be used to increase the efficiency reduce the cost and damage to the environment of certain bioprocesses.

Medicinal herbs and trees are some of the most trusted sources of traditional cures for most common diseases, even in the present day.

The reduction of nitrate to nitrogen by metalloenzymes is a vital step in the nitrogen cycle.

Biosensors are increasingly being used to replace traditional methods of analyte detection in the food industry.

There have been many great advances in the field of biomedical imaging in recent years, with supramolecular chemistry playing a key role in the evolution of modern imaging techniques.

Total hip arthroplasty, the most commonly performed orthopedic procedure, is used to replace or reconstruct the hip with an artificial joint.

Biotechnology is an expansive field incorporating expertise in both the life science and engineering disciplines.

This book discusses the current research concepts and the emerging technologies in the field of stem cells and tissue engineering.

Sustainable Management of Urban Plastic Waste Through Circular Economic Approaches covers the technologies and methods essential to overcome single-use plastic processing waste.

In recent years, nanotechnology has emerged as a promising tool for combating insect pests in agriculture, public health, and urban environments.