1 Introduction
2 Modern and Transgenic Breeding Approaches
3 Breeding Strategies for Disease Resistance
4 Breeding Strategies for Insect Resistance
5 Breeding Strategy for Salinity Stress Tolerance
6 Plant Tissue Culture: Application in Crop Improvement
7 Breeding Approaches in Transgenic Crops: Ethical Issues and Regulation
8 Marker-assisted Selection: Approaches and Importance in Plant Breeding
9 Genome Editing: Approaches, Principles and Application in Plant Breeding
10 Advance Genomic Technologies: TILLING and Eco-TILLING
11 Advancements in Forward and Reverse Genetics
12 Pre-breeding: Its Application in Plant Breeding
13 Role of Wide (Distant) Hybridization in Crop Improvement: Applications and Limitations
14 Speed Breeding: Importance and Future Prospects in Agriculture
15 The Role of Epigenetics in Plant Breeding
16 Concepts and Models of Stability Analysis in Plant Breeding
17 Intellectual Property Right and its Requirement in Plant Breeding