(EBSCO eBook) Biotechnological tools supplement various conventional approaches in conservation, characterization and utilization for increasing production and productivity of agricultural and horticultural crops. The emerging field of bioinformatics is an integrated field arising from merging of biology and informatics. It is a conglomeration of various new frontiers of science like genomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc. The rich warehouse of proteome and genome information nearly doubling every year has significant implications and applications in various areas of science including agriculture, horticulture, forestry and food science.
(EBSCO eBook) Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary subject and requires knowledge of physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, biology, and computer science. The book is written considering the problems faced by students of different backgrounds.