Use of Biotechnology in Agriculture and its Benefits

Biotechnology is the application of scientific techniques to modify and improve plants, animal and microorganisms to enhance their value. Agricultural biotechnology is the area of f biotechnology involving application to agriculture. Agricultural biotechnology has been practiced for a long time, as people have sought to improve agriculturally important organisms by selection and breeding. An example of traditional agricultural biotechnology is the development of disease-resistant wheat varieties by cross-breeding different wheat types until the desired disease resistance was present in a resulting new variety.

Plant Disease Management

Cultural disease management practices are the measures undertaken by humans to prevent and control disease by manipulating plants. In the case of low-return crops, these might be the only forms of disease management that are economically viable. Cultural management can include reducing the amount of initial inoculum, reducing the rate of spread of an established disease, or planting a crop at a site that is not favourable to pathogens because of its altitude, temperature, or water availability.

Managing Nematodes in crops

Nematodes are among the most destructive and problematic pests for growers around the world, severely impacting crop development and yield. This nearly invisible killer affects a variety of crops around the world and is responsible for an estimated $80 to $125 billion of annual plant losses on a worldwide scale. Crops in serious danger include fruiting vegetables, cucurbit crops, carrots, strawberries, tobacco, potato, sugar cane, soybean, leafy vegetables and turf grass, among others.

Maize

Maize (Zea mays L) is one of the most versatile emerging crops having wider adaptability under varied agro-climatic conditions. Globally, maize is known as queen of cereals because it has the highest genetic yield potential among the cereals.

Cultivation technology of Paddy straw mushroom

The paddy straw mushroom is having good combinations of all attributes like flavour, aroma, delicacy, high content of protein and vitamins and minerals, because of which, the acceptability of this mushroom is no way less than much popular white button mushroom. It is an edible mushroom of the topics and subtropics, and began to be cultivated in China as early as 1822. Around 1932-35, the straw mushroom was introduced into the Philippines,

Applications of Biotech on Agriculture

Biotechnology is broadly defined as any technique that uses live organisms viz. bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, animal cells, plant cells etc. to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to engineer micro-organisms for specific uses. It encompasses genetic engineering, inclusive of enzyme and protein engineering plant and animal tissue culture technology,

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY

Agriculture in India is unique in its characteristics 250 different crops cultivated in different climate regions. It is one of the most important sectors of the Indian economy. Contributing to 18.5% of the national income about 15% of total export and supporting two-third of the work force. Agriculture engineering inputs