Pranab Hazra M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Professor, Department of Vegetable Science, Former Dean, Faculty of Horticulture and Dean, Post Graduate Studies, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal. Former visiting Scientist (Sofia, Bulgaria; Athens, Greece); Fellow, FAO, Indian Academy of Horticultural Science, Indian Society of Vegetable Science and International Society for Noni Science and Member of National Academy of Science, India. Recipient of Gold medal of Indian Academy of Horticultural Science and Dr. Kirti Singh Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award of Indian Society of Vegetable Science.Arup Chattopadhyay M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal. Former Officer-in-Charge in All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops. Recipient of first Dwarika Nath Gold Medal Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in Vegetable Science conferred by Indian Society of Vegetable Science, Lt. Amit Singh Memorial Award for the Best Coordinating Centre of AICRP on Vegetable Crops in India conferred by ICAR, International Research Awards on Science, Health and Engineering SHEN. Fellow, Indian Society of Vegetable Science and Crop and Weed Science Society, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal.Soham Hazra M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Genetics and Plant Breeding and Head, Department of Agriculture, Brainware University, Barasat, West Bengal, India. He pursued his doctoral degree programme as a Senior Research Fellow under the Department of Atomic Energy, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre- sponsored research project. His prominent research achievement includes isolation of YVMV resistant lines of okra through applied mutagenesis. He has published 20 research papers in SCI and SCOPUS indexed journal, co-authored 5 book chapters, 1 book and several popular articles. He has been awarded with 3 best paper presentations in International and National Conferences and has acted as peer reviewer to several scientific journals of repute. He is the recipient of ‘Eminent Scientist’ Award-2024 by the Society for Plant Research, Vegetos: An International Journal of Plant Research & Biotechnology.

• Chapter 1: Importance and History of Vegetable BreedingChapter 2: Origin, Domestication, Evolution and Variability of Vegetable CropsChapter 3: Reproduction, Mode of Pollination, Inbreeding Depression and Deviation of Sexual ReproductionChapter 4: Genetically Governed Pollination Control MechanismsChapter 5: Genetic Basis of Plant BreedingChapter 6: Methods of Vegetable Breeding: Introduction, Selection, Hybridization and SelectionChapter 7: Mutation BreedingChapter 8: Breeding through Alteration of Ploidy LevelChapter 9: Heterosis and Development of HybridsChapter 10: Breeding Vegetable Crops for Quality TraitsChapter 11: Breeding for Disease ResistanceChapter 12: Abiotic Stress, Physiology and ManagementChapter 13: Breeding for High Temperature StressChapter 14: Ideotype breedingChapter 15: Procedures for Release and Notification of VarietiesChapter 16: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)Chapter 17: Agricultural Biotechnology in Vegetable Breeding

Pranab Hazra M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Professor, Department of Vegetable Science, Former Dean, Faculty of Horticulture and Dean, Post Graduate Studies, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal. Former visiting Scientist (Sofia, Bulgaria; Athens, Greece); Fellow, FAO, Indian Academy of Horticultural Science, Indian Society of Vegetable Science and International Society for Noni Science and Member of National Academy of Science, India. Recipient of Gold medal of Indian Academy of Horticultural Science and Dr. Kirti Singh Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award of Indian Society of Vegetable Science.Arup Chattopadhyay M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal. Former Officer-in-Charge in All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops. Recipient of first Dwarika Nath Gold Medal Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in Vegetable Science conferred by Indian Society of Vegetable Science, Lt. Amit Singh Memorial Award for the Best Coordinating Centre of AICRP on Vegetable Crops in India conferred by ICAR, International Research Awards on Science, Health and Engineering SHEN. Fellow, Indian Society of Vegetable Science and Crop and Weed Science Society, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal.Soham Hazra M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Genetics and Plant Breeding and Head, Department of Agriculture, Brainware University, Barasat, West Bengal, India. He pursued his doctoral degree programme as a Senior Research Fellow under the Department of Atomic Energy, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre- sponsored research project. His prominent research achievement includes isolation of YVMV resistant lines of okra through applied mutagenesis. He has published 20 research papers in SCI and SCOPUS indexed journal, co-authored 5 book chapters, 1 book and several popular articles. He has been awarded with 3 best paper presentations in International and National Conferences and has acted as peer reviewer to several scientific journals of repute. He is the recipient of ‘Eminent Scientist’ Award-2024 by the Society for Plant Research, Vegetos: An International Journal of Plant Research & Biotechnology.

• Chapter 1: Importance and History of Vegetable BreedingChapter 2: Origin, Domestication, Evolution and Variability of Vegetable CropsChapter 3: Reproduction, Mode of Pollination, Inbreeding Depression and Deviation of Sexual ReproductionChapter 4: Genetically Governed Pollination Control MechanismsChapter 5: Genetic Basis of Plant BreedingChapter 6: Methods of Vegetable Breeding: Introduction, Selection, Hybridization and SelectionChapter 7: Mutation BreedingChapter 8: Breeding through Alteration of Ploidy LevelChapter 9: Heterosis and Development of HybridsChapter 10: Breeding Vegetable Crops for Quality TraitsChapter 11: Breeding for Disease ResistanceChapter 12: Abiotic Stress, Physiology and ManagementChapter 13: Breeding for High Temperature StressChapter 14: Ideotype breedingChapter 15: Procedures for Release and Notification of VarietiesChapter 16: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)Chapter 17: Agricultural Biotechnology in Vegetable Breeding

Pranab Hazra M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Professor, Department of Vegetable Science, Former Dean, Faculty of Horticulture and Dean, Post Graduate Studies, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal. Former visiting Scientist (Sofia, Bulgaria; Athens, Greece); Fellow, FAO, Indian Academy of Horticultural Science, Indian Society of Vegetable Science and International Society for Noni Science and Member of National Academy of Science, India. Recipient of Gold medal of Indian Academy of Horticultural Science and Dr. Kirti Singh Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award of Indian Society of Vegetable Science.Arup Chattopadhyay M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal. Former Officer-in-Charge in All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops. Recipient of first Dwarika Nath Gold Medal Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in Vegetable Science conferred by Indian Society of Vegetable Science, Lt. Amit Singh Memorial Award for the Best Coordinating Centre of AICRP on Vegetable Crops in India conferred by ICAR, International Research Awards on Science, Health and Engineering SHEN. Fellow, Indian Society of Vegetable Science and Crop and Weed Science Society, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal.Soham Hazra M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Genetics and Plant Breeding and Head, Department of Agriculture, Brainware University, Barasat, West Bengal, India. He pursued his doctoral degree programme as a Senior Research Fellow under the Department of Atomic Energy, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre- sponsored research project. His prominent research achievement includes isolation of YVMV resistant lines of okra through applied mutagenesis. He has published 20 research papers in SCI and SCOPUS indexed journal, co-authored 5 book chapters, 1 book and several popular articles. He has been awarded with 3 best paper presentations in International and National Conferences and has acted as peer reviewer to several scientific journals of repute. He is the recipient of ‘Eminent Scientist’ Award-2024 by the Society for Plant Research, Vegetos: An International Journal of Plant Research & Biotechnology.

• Chapter 1: Importance and History of Vegetable BreedingChapter 2: Origin, Domestication, Evolution and Variability of Vegetable CropsChapter 3: Reproduction, Mode of Pollination, Inbreeding Depression and Deviation of Sexual ReproductionChapter 4: Genetically Governed Pollination Control MechanismsChapter 5: Genetic Basis of Plant BreedingChapter 6: Methods of Vegetable Breeding: Introduction, Selection, Hybridization and SelectionChapter 7: Mutation BreedingChapter 8: Breeding through Alteration of Ploidy LevelChapter 9: Heterosis and Development of HybridsChapter 10: Breeding Vegetable Crops for Quality TraitsChapter 11: Breeding for Disease ResistanceChapter 12: Abiotic Stress, Physiology and ManagementChapter 13: Breeding for High Temperature StressChapter 14: Ideotype breedingChapter 15: Procedures for Release and Notification of VarietiesChapter 16: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)Chapter 17: Agricultural Biotechnology in Vegetable Breeding