This book contains s written by young enthusiastic scientists, teachers and researchers who are involved in research, teaching and extension of modern scientific agricultural principles and practices in different parts of India. Attempts have been made to cover various aspects of modern agriculture viz. genetic improvement of crop plants, modern methods in plant breeding, seed science, ground water resources management, integrated farming systems, horticultural crops, biological control for sustainable agriculture, underutilized fruit plants health enhancing foods, role of enzymes in food processing, bioinformatics and molecular diagnostics etc., but still many facets lingering due to vast nature of agriculture itself. The major aim of this book is to provide glimpse of important arena to enhance food and nutritional security in a sustainable way.

01. Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants: Conventional and Modern Techniques P. Kumar 02. Modern Methods in Plant Breeding: Options & Challenges Avinash K. Srivastava, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Bir Pal Singh & Vinod Kumar 03. Advances in Seed Science and Technology R.K.Singh, Vinod Kumar and E.P. Venkatasalam 04. Ground Water Resources Management K.K. Yadav and P.K. Singh 05. Composting Process: Physiology and Microbiology Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Sunil Kumar and Ashutosh Sharma 06. Integrated Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture in Southern Rajasthan Hari Singh, S.K. Sharma, S.S. Burark, L.N. Dashora and G.L. Meena 07. New Interventions in Productions and Protection of Horticultural Crops D.K.Sarolia, Raju Lal Bhardwaj, M.K.Sharma and Vineet Kaswan 08. Ageratum conyzoides: Biological Control for Sustainable Agriculture Rajesh Kumar Chawla and Rajvir Singh 09. Molecular Diagnostics Technique for Plant Pathogens Rahul R. Bakade, Sundaresha S. and R. K. Singh 10. Ber Postharvest: Science and Technology Sunil Pareek 11. Molecular Markers in Crop Improvement: An Introduction Jagesh K. Tiwari, Avinash K. Srivastava, Poonam, Vinay Bhardwaj and Bir Pal Singh 12. Health Enhancing Foods for Health and Nutrition Security Urvashi Nandal 13. Quantitative Trait loci Underlying Nutrient Stress in Crops: An Update Jagesh K. Tiwari, Sundaresha S, Avinash K. Srivastava, and Bir Pal Singh 14. Bioinformatics in Plant Genome Analysis: An Introduction Jagesh K. Tiwari, Sundaresha S., Shashi Rawat and Bir Pal Singh 15. Patentability of Microorganism: Indian Scenario Krishan Gopal, Sundaresha S, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Ajit Singh Naosekpam, Vinay Bhardwaj, Sanjeev Sharma and Bir Pal Singh 16. Recent Advancement of Potato Production Technology in India Jagesh K. Tiwari, Manoj Kumar, Bir Pal Singh and Vinod Kumar 17. Role of Underutilized Fruit Plants in Sustainable Development of Agriculture Raju Lal Bhardwaj and Urvashi Nandal 18. A Glimpse of Plant Databases for Crop Improvement Ritu Singh, Shashi Rawat, Sundresha S.,Jagesh K. Tiwari and Bir Pal Singh 19. Role of Enzymes in Food Processing Sunil Kumar, Ravi Kant Verma, B.K. Mishra and D.S. Chopra