The book provides a comprehensive overview of the various tools and applications of bioinformatics in several fields, including agriculture, corals, structural bioinformatics, data-mining, text-mining, medicinal plants, antibiotics, protein structure prediction, drug design, gene expression, micro-arrays, proteomics, molecular phylogenic location of the Indian Liver Fluke, rough sets to predict protein structural class, artificial neural networks for prediction of amino acids levels, plant systems biology, molecular modeling, homology modeling, bio-efficacy of indigenous bacillus through in-silico approach, fresh aquaculture and fisheries, pesticides and insecticides, databases and tools development in the relevant area. The book would be of great value to individuals working in the fields of agricultural biotechnology, bioinformatics, computer science, and applied statistics.

1. Bioinformatics and Its Relevance 2. Bioinformatics in Agriculture and Allied Sectors 3. Soil Informatics of Odisha 4. Use of Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques in Agriculture 5. Proteomics in Crop Improvement for Drought Tolerance 6. Gene Silencing for Biotic Stress in Plants 7. Biotechnology in Horticulture 8. Multivariate and Numerical Taxonomic Analyses for Agricultural Productivity 9. Role of Bioinformatics in Plant Pathological Applications 10. Informatics Tools for Conservation and Utilization of Biological Resources with Special Reference to Agro Bio-diversity 11. Application of Bioinformatics in Aquaculture Bioinformatics in Agriculture and Allied Sectors 12. Concepts in Development of Bioinformatics Towards Systems Biology 13. Nanotechnology in Bioinformatics 14. Use of Biosensors in Bioinformatics 15. Application of Statistics in Bioinformatics 16. Algorithms in Sequence Alignment 17. Sequence Analysis & Phylogenetic Predictions 18. Finding Regulatory Motifs in DNA Sequences 19. Algorithms and Tools for Sequence Alignment 20. Application of Artificial Neural Network in Biological Research 21. Homology Modeling using Modeller 9v6 22. Evolutionary Perspective of Codon Usage Analysis in Human Disease Genes 23. Bioinformatics Tools for New Drug Designing and Development 24. In Silico Drug Designing 25. Avian flu and Vaccine Design 26. Earthquake Resistant Design of Agricultural Structures by Use of Software