Biotechnology in Agriculture - Biotechnology has also revolutionized research activities in the area of agriculture which includes the following:

(i)plant cell, tissue and organ Culture
(ii)genetic engineering leading to transformation followed by regeneration of plants to give transgenic plants carrying desirable, traits like disease resistance, insect resistance and herbicide resistance; eventually this may also be used for increasing photosynthetic efficiency, nitrogen fixing ability, improved storage proteins, hybrid crops, crops for food processing etc.