PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING AN INDIAN ADAPTATION, 2ND EDITION

This Indian adapted edition is restructured, offering new and updated material, and focusing on more in-depth coverage of the principles and techniques of plant breeding. It includes four new chapters on Biometrical methods in plant breeding, Breeding cross-pollinated crops, Breeding for biotic and abiotic diseases resistance, and Novel technologies in crop improvement. Most of the chapters have been completely updated with current developments. The content has also been reorganized to align it better with the curriculum requirements. A new appendix on Plant Breeding on Commercial Scale has been added.