Table of Contents

1. Hundred Years of Genetics: Revisiting Some of the Landmark.- 2. A Century of Advances in Plant Breeding Methodologie.- 3. Plant Breeding Science and Practice in the Twentieth Century: Some Landmark.- 4. Chromosome Manipulations for Crop Improvement.- 5. Advances in Molecular Cytogenetics: Potential for Crop Improvement.- 6. Transposable Elements and Epigenetic Mechanisms: Significance and Implication.- 7. Genetics of Host-Pathogen Interaction and Breeding for Durable Resistance.- 8. Genetic Improvement for Abiotic Stress Response.- 9. In-vitro Approaches to Crop Improvement.- 10. Molecular Markers in Improvement of Wheat and Brassica.- 11. Genome Mapping and Map Based Cloning.- 12. Genome-Wide Molecular Approaches in Plants: From Structure to Function.- 13. Application of Biotechnology to Maize and Wheat Improvement.- 14. Transgenics in Crop Improvement.- 15. Selection for Simple and Complex Trait.- 16. Population Improvement Strategies for Crop Improvement.- 17. Classical and Molecular Concepts of Heterosis.- 18. Advances in Hybrid Breeding Methodology.- 19. Heterosis in Crop Improvement.- 20. Cytoplasmic-Nuclear Male Sterility: Origin, Evaluation and Utilization.- 21. Quantitative Trait Improvement: Classical and Molecular Concept.- 22. Mating Designs and Their Implications for Plant Breeding.- 23. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction in Crop Improvement.- 24. Breeding for Wider Adaptability.- 25. Plant Ideotype: The Concept and Application.- 26. Mutation Breeding for Crop Improvement.- 27. Induced Mutations and Selection Techniques for Quantitative Traits.- 28. Collection, Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources.- 29. Intellectual Property Rights Related Issues in Plant Breeding.- 30. Breeding Legumes for Improved Nitrogen Fixation.- 31. Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Crop Responses.- The Contributors.- Author Index.