Nitish Kumar has been Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India, for the last 12 years. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)—Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has research experience in a wide variety of areas in the field of crop improvement using plant biotechnology and mutation breeding techniques. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals, more than 20 book chapters, and 7 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Kumar received the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014 He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious Indian government organizations such as CSIR, DBT, ICAR, SERB-DST, and BRNS-BARC. He is a reviewer for various international journals and serves as an associate editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• 1 Mutagenesis as a Tool in Plant Genetics, Functional Genomics, and Breeding2 Epigenetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Plants3 Induced mutagenesis for gene pool expansion with special attention on pulse crops4 Transposon mutagenesis for functional genomics in cereals5 Application of Nuclear Techniques in crop improvement: A review6 Applications of DNA marker techniques in plant mutation research7 Cryptic Genetic Variation in Evolution and Crop Improvement8 Mutagenesis in Plant Tissue Culture9 Genetic Improvement using Induced Mutagenesis with Special Reference to Pulses: A Review10 Variants of CRISPR/Cas technology and their role in rice genetic improvement

Nitish Kumar has been Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India, for the last 12 years. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)—Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has research experience in a wide variety of areas in the field of crop improvement using plant biotechnology and mutation breeding techniques. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals, more than 20 book chapters, and 7 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Kumar received the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014 He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious Indian government organizations such as CSIR, DBT, ICAR, SERB-DST, and BRNS-BARC. He is a reviewer for various international journals and serves as an associate editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• 1 Mutagenesis as a Tool in Plant Genetics, Functional Genomics, and Breeding2 Epigenetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Plants3 Induced mutagenesis for gene pool expansion with special attention on pulse crops4 Transposon mutagenesis for functional genomics in cereals5 Application of Nuclear Techniques in crop improvement: A review6 Applications of DNA marker techniques in plant mutation research7 Cryptic Genetic Variation in Evolution and Crop Improvement8 Mutagenesis in Plant Tissue Culture9 Genetic Improvement using Induced Mutagenesis with Special Reference to Pulses: A Review10 Variants of CRISPR/Cas technology and their role in rice genetic improvement

Nitish Kumar has been Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India, for the last 12 years. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)—Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has research experience in a wide variety of areas in the field of crop improvement using plant biotechnology and mutation breeding techniques. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals, more than 20 book chapters, and 7 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Kumar received the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014 He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious Indian government organizations such as CSIR, DBT, ICAR, SERB-DST, and BRNS-BARC. He is a reviewer for various international journals and serves as an associate editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• 1 Mutagenesis as a Tool in Plant Genetics, Functional Genomics, and Breeding2 Epigenetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Plants3 Induced mutagenesis for gene pool expansion with special attention on pulse crops4 Transposon mutagenesis for functional genomics in cereals5 Application of Nuclear Techniques in crop improvement: A review6 Applications of DNA marker techniques in plant mutation research7 Cryptic Genetic Variation in Evolution and Crop Improvement8 Mutagenesis in Plant Tissue Culture9 Genetic Improvement using Induced Mutagenesis with Special Reference to Pulses: A Review10 Variants of CRISPR/Cas technology and their role in rice genetic improvement