Bioinformatics in Agriculture and Allied Sectors
Methods and Applications

P. N. Jagadev (Edited by), Sashikala Beura (Edited by)

9789387973312

Hardback, published 31 July 2019

174 pages
22.9 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.435 kg

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the various tools and applications of bioinformatics in several fields, including agriculture, corals, structural bioinformatics, data-mining, text-mining, medicinal plants, antibiotics, protein structure prediction, drug design, gene expression, micro-arrays, proteomics, molecular phylogenic location of the Indian Liver Fluke, rough sets to predict protein structural class, artificial neural networks for prediction of amino acids levels, plant systems biology, molecular modeling, homology modeling, bio-efficacy of indigenous bacillus through in-silico approach, fresh aquaculture and fisheries, pesticides and insecticides, databases and tools development in the relevant area. The book would be of great value to individuals working in the fields of agricultural biotechnology, bioinformatics, computer science, and applied statistics.

• 1. Bioinformatics and Its Relevance
• 2. Bioinformatics in Agriculture and Allied Sectors
• 3. Soil Informatics of Odisha
• 4. Use of Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques in Agriculture
• 5. Proteomics in Crop Improvement for Drought Tolerance
• 6. Gene Silencing for Biotic Stress in Plants
• 7. Biotechnology in Horticulture
• 8. Multivariate and Numerical Taxonomic Analyses for Agricultural Productivity
• 9. Role of Bioinformatics in Plant Pathological Applications
• 10. Informatics Tools for Conservation and Utilization of Biological Resources with Special Reference to Agro Bio-diversity
• 11. Application of Bioinformatics in Aquaculture Bioinformatics in Agriculture and Allied Sectors
• 12. Concepts in Development of Bioinformatics Towards Systems Biology
• 13. Nanotechnology in Bioinformatics
• 14. Use of Biosensors in Bioinformatics
• 15. Application of Statistics in Bioinformatics
• 16. Algorithms in Sequence Alignment
• 17. Sequence Analysis &
  Phylogenetic Predictions
• 18. Finding Regulatory Motifs in DNA Sequences
• 19. Algorithms and Tools for Sequence Alignment
• 20. Application of Artificial Neural Network in Biological Research
• 21. Homology Modeling using Modeller 9v6
• 22. Evolutionary Perspective of Codon Usage Analysis in Human Disease Genes
• 23. Bioinformatics Tools for New Drug Designing and Development
• 24. In Silico Drug Designing
• 25. Avian flu and Vaccine Design
• 26. Earthquake Resistant Design of Agricultural Structures by Use of Software