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 Trend in Biotechnology’ held at Alleppey, Kerala during March 25-27, 2000 are included under five sections: Crop Production, Biological Control, Biofertilizers, Sericulture and Aquaculture. The book will be an ideal reference material to graduate, postgraduate and research students working in the areas of Agricultural Biotechnology.