CONTENTS:- 1. Aquaculture improvement through biotechnology 2. Safety and regulatory arrangements in biotechnology 3. Biotechnology and its legal implications 4. Taming the hepatitis-B virus: biotechnologists win a battle 5. Azolla-anabaena symbiosis-a potential Biofertilizers for rice 6. Biosensors 7. Applications of biotechnology to chemical production 8. Role of monoclonal antibodies in diagnosis and protection in lymphatic filariasis 9. Inducing herbicide resistance: an application of biotechnology 10. Biotechnology for improvement in agriculture 11. Recombinant live viral vaccines 12. Genetic engineering approaches to virus resistance in plants 13. Bioinformatics and biotechnology 14. Baculovirus vectors for high level expression of foreign genes in insect cells and caterpillars 15. Role of biotechnology in pollution control 16. Plant genetic transformation by agrobacterium timefaciens 17. Biotechnology in forestry and wasteland development 18. Bioprocessing of lignocellulosic residues to chemical feedstock
