Fundamentals of Agriculture Biotechnology

Contents
1. Introduction to Agriculture Biotechnology
1. Introduction
2. Effect of Climate Change on Crop Productivity
3. Sustainable Agricultural Practices
3.1 Introduction of Sustainable Agriculture
3.2 Key Sustainable Agricultural Practices
4. Beneficial Microbes in Agriculture
4.1 Beneficial Bacteria
4.2 Beneficial Fungi
4.3 Beneficial Cyanobacteria
5. Role of Microbes in Soil Fertility (Biofertilizers) and Crop Production
6. Biotechnological Methods of Pest Control (Biopesticide)
6.1 Biotechnological Methods of Plant Pest Control
6.2 Biotechnological Methods of Plant Disease Control
7. Concept of E-agriculture
8. Concept of Urban Agriculture

2. Crop Improvement
1. Plant Genetic Engineering – Crop Improvement
1.1 Plant Genetic Engineering
1.2 Herbicide Resistance
1.3 Insect Resistance
1.4 Virus Resistance
1.5 Plants as Bioreactors
1.6 Genetic Modification in Agriculture
1.7 Transgenic Plants
1.8 Genetically Modified (GM) Foods
2. Concept, Methods and role of Tissue Culture in Agriculture
2.1 Concept of Tissue Culture
2.2 Applications of Plant Tissue Culture in Agriculture
2.3 Plant Tissue Culture (Micropropagation) Technology
2.4 Steps of Micropropagation
2.5 Haploids in Agriculture
2.6 Protected Cultivation
3. Greenhouse Technology
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Need of Greenhouse Technology
3.3 Types of Greenhouses
3.4 Importance of Greenhouse Technology
3.5 Limitations of Greenhouse Technology
3.6 Applications of Greenhouse Technology
3.7 Features of Greenhouse
3.8 Scope of Greenhouse Technology
4. Hydroponics
4.1 Key Components of a Hydroponic System
4.2 Types of Hydroponic Systems
5. Aeroponics
6. Aquaponics

3. Bioinoculants for Improving Crop Productivity
1. Introduction of Bioinoculants
2. Role of Bioinoculants
3. Bioinoculant Formulations
4. Production of Formulations
4.1 Carrier Based Formulations
4.2 Formulations of Liquid-based Carriers
4.3 Non-carrier Based (Liquid Formulations)
4.4 Liquid Inoculants
4.5 Production of Bacterial Biofertilizer-Carrier based Formulation
4.6 Production of Algal Biofertilizer-Carrier Based Formulation

5. CRISPR Technology as a Genome Editing Tool
5.1 Introduction of Gene Editing
5.2 Key Components of CRISPR Technology
5.3 Steps of CRISPR Editing
5.4 Delivery Methods
5.5 Working of CRISPR
5.6 Applications of CRISPR Technology

4. Examples of Agriculture Biotechnology Products
1. Bt Cotton
2. Golden Rice
3. FlavrSavr Tomato
4. Applications of Agriculture Biotechnology