Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, volume 37 issue 1 (march 2022) : 23-26

Bioinformatics in Field of Agriculture: A Review

Ratna Prabha, D.P. Singh, Rajni Kumari, Anil Rai, Sanjay Kumar
1ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India.
  • Submitted04-02-2022|

  • Accepted22-03-2022|

  • First Online 28-03-2022|

  • doi 10.18805/BKAP444

Cite article:- Prabha Ratna, Singh D.P., Kumari Rajni, Rai Anil, Kumar Sanjay (2022). Bioinformatics in Field of Agriculture: A Review. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika. 37(1): 23-26 . doi: 10.18805/BKAP444.
Agriculture represents an inevitable component of our life. Across continents, different kind of cereals and crops occupy role of important food. Domestication and improvements of crops is practiced from thousand years. Bioinformatics is a newly emerging discipline, though making significant practice in every area of science, including agriculture. Bioinformatics including different -omics fields (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc) and metagenomics is making a significant contribution in field of agricultural research. Bioinformatics is making available genomic and detailed information about different crops and agricultural important animals which is ultimately assisting researchers in development of improved varieties, disease diagnostic, pathogen resistance, disease tolerance etc. Bioinformatics is playing a significant role in discoveries and studies in field of agriculture. 

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