The book presents the current state of knowledge and recent development in selected topics of Agricultural Biotechnology. In this volume the research papers presented during the National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Biotechnology’ held at Alleppey , Kerala during March 25-27, 2000 are including under five sections: Crop Production, Biological Control, Biofertilizers , Sericulture and Aquaculture. The book will be an ideal reference material to graduate, post-graduate and research students working in the areas of Agricultural Biotechnology.