Dharm Veer Singh is in Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research work is focused on identification of heat tolerant lentil genotypes through biochemical and transcriptomic approach.Kamaluddin is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his Ph. D. from Institute of Agriculture Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has expertise in plant breeding, transgenic technology and molecular breeding. Dr. Kamaluddin has published original research articles, review articles, book chapters and abstracts in different journals of national and international reputes. Presently, he is involved in the development of heat and drought stress tolerant pulse cultivars using conventional and marker assisted selection. Further, he is also working on development of varieties especially in small millets. He has published Plant Biotechnology: Principles and Application (Springer), Transgenic Technology Based Value Addition in Plant Biotechnology (Elsevier) as Co-Editor and Technologies in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding of Field Crops (Springer) as Editor.Vijay Sharma is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research work is focussed on development of varieties in sesame and wheat.Shiva Nath is working as Associate Professor at Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj (Ayodhya), Uttar Pradesh, India. He is currently working on chickpea breeding.

• 1. Introduction2. Modern and Transgenic Breeding Approaches3. Breeding Strategies for Disease Resistance4. Breeding Strategies for Insect Resistance5. Breeding Strategy for Salinity Stress Tolerance6. Plant Tissue Culture: Application in Crop Improvement7. Breeding Approaches in Transgenic Crops: Ethical Issues and Regulation8. Marker-assisted Selection: Approaches and Importance in Plant Breeding9. Genome Editing: Approaches, Principles and Application in Plant Breeding10. Advance Genomic Technologies: TILLING and Eco-TILLING11. Advancements in Forward and Reverse Genetics12. Pre-breeding: Its Application in Plant Breeding13. Role of Wide (Distant) Hybridization in Crop Improvement: Applications and Limitations14. Speed Breeding: Importance and Future Prospects in Agriculture15. The Role of Epigenetics in Plant Breeding16. Concepts and Models of Stability Analysis in Plant Breeding17. Intellectual Property Right and its Requirement in Plant Breeding