STATUS OF BIOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN INDIA

M. BALAKRISHNAN¹*, SRINIVASA RAO², S.K. SOAM^3
1ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 500030, India
²ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 500030, India
³ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 500030, India
* Corresponding Author : mbkrishnan72@gmail.com

Received : 22-04-2018     Accepted : 12-06-2018     Published : 15-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 11       Pages : 6317 - 6319
Int J Agr Sci 10.11 (2018):6317-6319

Keywords : Agriculture, Crops, Animals bioinformatics, Tools, Genomics, proteomics, metagenomics, Animals, Fisheries and Databases
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to the Director, and Joint Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 500030, India providing necessary information and facilities
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Agriculture has been, and continues to be, the backbone of national economy for many countries like India. The growth of various innovative technologies including improved varieties, agro-techniques and precision agriculture forms an important component of the strategies for improved production and productivity in crops and animals. The bioinformatics tools are playing important role in providing the information about the genes present in the genome of these species. These tools also have made it likely to predict the function of different genes and factors affecting these genes. Agricultural genomics leads to the global understanding of plant/animal and pathogen biology, and its application would be beneficial for agriculture approaches in the era of Next-Generation Sequencing for its influence in genomics, transcriptomic, and metagenomics efforts, describing their role in agriculture and allied sectors.

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