Recent Trends in Biotechnology

The book presents a coordinated and coherent account of the current state of knowledge and recent developments in various aspects of biotechnology. In this volume the research papers presented during the National Conference on "Recent Trends in Biotechnology" held at Alleppey, Kerala during March 25-27, 2000 on various aspects of biotechnology are included under Agricultural Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology and Environ mental Biotechnology. The book will be an ideal reference material to graduate, postgraduate and research students working in the areas of biotechnology.

SECTION I: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

1. Improvement of Productivity of Wheat in Saline Soil
2. Isozyme Analysis of Interspecific Hybrids of Vigna spp.
3. Influence of Certain Adjuvants with Hanpv for Management of Tomato Fruit Borers (Helicoverpa Armigera Hub.)
4. Use of Biocontrol Agents for the Management of Pests of Sunflower
5. Bioefficacy of Certain Biocontrol Agents on the Control of Tuber Rot Disease of Cassava
6. Pathogenicity of Vairimorpha sp. against Helicoverpa Armigera (Hub.)
7. Effect of Spacing on White Muscardine Fungal Infection of Multivoltine Silkworm
8. in Vitro Plant Regeneration from Rhizome Explant of Kaempferia Galanga L
9. Cytological and Chemical Examination of Indian Squil
10. Enzymatic Activities and Microbial Biodiversity in the Rhizosphere of Sandal Wood of Central Dry Zone
11. Association of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Wild Species of Yams in South Western Ghats
12. Association of Mycorrhizal Fungi with the Endemic Dipterocarps of Sharavathi Valley Forest (Karnataka) Region
13. Vesicualr Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (Vam) Colonisation in Some Aquatic Plants of Kuttanad, Kerala
14. Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Biofertilizer for Biomass Yield and Nutrient Uptake in Azadirachta Indica L
15. Response of China Aster and Marigold to Inoculation with Glomus Mosseae
16. Methyl Farnesoate Stimulates Ovarian Growth in Penaeus Indicus

1. Enhanced Protease and ?-Lactamase Activity By Immobilization of A Thermophilic Bacillus sp. Isolated from A Local Hot Spring in Orissa, India
2. Effect of Gas Phase on Lipid Degradation By Anaerobic Bacterium Selenomonas Lipolytica (Mcm B-505)
3. Fermentation of Spoiled Grains for Preparation of Alcohol and Related Products
4. Protease - A By-Product from Sericultural Wastes

1. Human Y Chromosome Sequence Diversity and its Implications in the Diagnosis of Turner Syndrome
2. Molecular Genetics of Cytochrome P4502c19 in North Indians
3. Smc Apoptosis in Human Atherosclerosis
4. Surface-Modified Albumin Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Brain: Development and Characterization
5. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Liver Targeting
6. Induction of Heat Shock Protein 72 in Rat Hearts By Chronic Feeding of Terminalia Arjuna
7. Antibacterial Activity of Extract of Rhizome of Turmeric

1. Environmental Biotechnology - Complement of Sustainable Development
2. Biodegradation of P-Nitrophenol
3. Biological Treatments of Wastewater from Seafood Processing Plants
4. Effect of Decontaminants in Minimising the Airborne Pesticides in Pesticide Retail Outlets
5. A Comparative Study on Various Physico-Chemical Parameters of Four Different Industrial Effluents
6. Development of A Low Cost Technology for the Treatment and Purification of Tannery Effluent
7. Analysis of Sugar Mill Effluent and its Impact on the Growth and Biochemical Characteristics of Abelmoschus Esculentus (L.) Medikus
8. Biodiversity of Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts in the Cochin Backwaters
9. Subject Index