Part I: Biotechnology Overview

1. Introduction

Naga Raju Maddela*, Luz Cecilia García

2. Biotechnology of 21st Century

Aline Siteneski, Gilberto Vizkino

Part II: Industrial Biotechnology

3. Considerations on the Scaling of biological and chemical reactors

Rodriguez Rico Ivan Leandro

4. Design of a cultivation media for the production of metabolites with practical application in the biodegradation of industrial dyes

Daza Lopez Erlinjka Valentina*, Rosero Delgado Ernesto Alonso, Vera Bravo Peter Leonel

5. Obtaining and characterizing new biomaterials based on starch, for use in the food and health industry

López Terán Jorge Luis*, Maribel Beltrán, Juan Carlos Soriano, Elvia Cabrera

6. Influence of immersion time in pitahaya (Hylocereus undatus) proteolytic enzyme solutions on the texture of bovine meat

Zambrano Flores Freddy Miguel*, Pazmiño Castro Anderson Javier, Zambrano Flores Freddy Miguel

7. Determination of free amino acids in fermented and toasted cocoa (Theobroma cacao) samples, using high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection by diode arrangement

Brunetto de Gallignani Maria del Rosario*, Gallignani Máximo, Orozco Wendy, Delgado Yelitza

Briones Muñoz Joselin Sofia*, Riera María Antonieta

9. Development of a thermoplastic material from the residues of the banana (Musa paradisiaca)

Maura Gabriela Alcívar Gavilanes*, Katiuska Lisette Carrillo Anchundia, María Antonieta Riera

Part III: Agricultural Biotechnology

10. Chemical ecology and its role in the conservation of threatened species: a case study in the Galapagos islands

Alejandro E. Mieles García

11. Energy evaluation of solid biofuels made from mixtures of lignocellulosic biomass

Palacios Bravo Holger Eugenio*, Beltrón Vinces Irene, Rosero Delgado Ernesto

12. Reforestation and conservation of vegetable germ plasm: challenges and expectations

Georgina Vargas Simón, División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas

13. Characterization of Moniliophthora roreri evans and evaluation of biological control alternatives in cacao (Theobroma cacao), for the Ecuadorian amazon

Carina Carrera Sanchez Carina María

14. Application of biotechnology to the search and selection of PGPR in the control of phytosanitary problems in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and banana (Musa acuminata)

Canchignia Martines Ahyron Fabrico

15. Sustainability of organic quinoa cultivation (Chenopodium quinoa) in communities of colta Ecuador.

Julio Cesar Vargas, Alexandra Torres

16. Effects of artificial light intensity and temperature on the growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa l.) in a vertical urban farm in low cost indoor

M. C. Daniel Fuentes Morales

17. Efficiency of led lights in the propagation and field of summer flowers in Ecuador

Elizabeth Ruth Urbano Salazar

Part IV: Environmental Biotechnology

18. Evaluation of extraction methods to obtain a natural flocculant from the tamarind seed (Tamarindus indica)

Sanchez Mendoza Virginia Annabelt*, Loor Moreira Caroline, Lucas Mendoza Ariana, Moreira Mendoza Carlos

19. Bicomponent adsorption of Brilliant blue FCF and tartrazine under dynamic conditions using rice husk

Fernández Andrade Kevin Jhon*, Gonzalez Vargas María Cristina.

20. Kinetic approach to the biocoagulation process of mixtures of Moringa oleífera and Caesalpinia spinosa in synthetic turby water.

Caroline Lisset