Abstract The growing demands for improved seeds of food, vegetables, flowers, other horticultural species, feed, fibre, forage, and fuel crops are driving the global seed industry at a CAGR 6.6%, which is expected to grow from market size USD 63 billion in 2021 86.8 by 2026. This will primarily depend on two key features, genetic enhancement crop variety quality. focus varietal improvement be n...

Emerging Technologies in Distance Education is an open access book showcasing how emerging participatory technologies have been used in online distance education. In this session, the editor will discuss current issues and future directions for using emerging technologies with special attention to pedagogical, technological, cultural, and social factors that influence the adoption and successfu...

Demand for DNA sequence information has never been greater, yet current Sanger technology is too costly, time consuming, and labor intensive to meet this ongoing demand. Applications span numerous research interests, including sequence variation studies, comparative genomics and evolution, forensics, and diagnostic and applied therapeutics. Several emerging technologies show promise of deliveri...

Although several medical technologies have been around since decades and are in the continuous process of development, some latest technologies are changing the way medicine would be practiced in the future. These technologies would allow medical practice from anywhere, any time and from any device. These include smart phones, Tablet PCs, Touch screens, digital ink, voice recognition, Electroni...

The continual increasing performance of microelectronics products places a high demand on packaging technologies. Key drivers such as thermal management, power delivery, interconnect density, and integration require novel material development and new package architectures. In this paper, package technology migrations for microprocessors and communication products are described. Material needs f...