Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

This topic describes the main steps involved in the breeding of a new genetic variety of a crop. It briefs the plant breeding techniques for disease and insect resistance and improving food quality. It also explains the objectives of biofortification.

This topic discusses the objectives of biofortification and briefs on plant tissue culture. The mechanism of biofortified crops is explained with its types and examples here

This topic discusses the characteristics of protoplast and their derivation from somatic cells. This derivation occurs from either the same or different plants. A brief note on somatic hybridisation is also given here.

Single cell protein works as an alternate source of protein for humans and animals. This topic outlines the significance of single cell protein with an example.

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture, which deals with food, health and management of animals. This topic highlights the methods of obtaining food from animals by the processes, which can be done on a large scale.

In this topic, we will learn about polyploidy which is the addition of chromosomes in an individual pair. It discusses the causes of polyploidy and the characteristics responsible for it. It also briefs on the types of polyploidy.