This book has been composed in a language that is straightforward and comprehensible. The knowledge presented in this book is grounded in systematic and scientific field and laboratory experiments that were conducted across various ecological zones. It is anticipated that this publication will prove to be a valuable resource for the scientific community in a multitude of ways. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics, instructors, researchers, and scientists who have diverse areas of specialization will undoubtedly benefit from this book, which includes articles authored by prominent experts in their respective fields.

01. Vegetable Breeding Methods and Techniques by P. Hazra. 02. Development of vegetable varieties by use of various breeding methods by Jyotsna Devi. 03. Mutation breeding in vegetable crops by S.K. Pahuja, R.P. Saharan and Minakshi Jattan. 04. Molecular breeding of vegetable crops by Veena Chawla, N.R. Yadav and P. Narayanaswamy. 05. Heterosis breeding in vegetable crops by N. Rai and Ramesh Kumar Singh. 06. Breeding for disease and insect-pest resistance in vegetable crops by Jyotsna Devi and Pronab Talukdar. 07. Vegetable Breeding for quality traits by P. Hazra and A. K. Dutta. 08. Insect-Pests of vegetable crops and their management by Ram Singh and G.S. Dhaliwal. 09. Nematode: Problems and their management by R.K. Walia and R.S. Kanwar. 10. Management of fungal and bacterial diseases in vegetable crops by S.K. Gandhi and Naresh Mehta. 11. Viral diseases of vegetable crops and their management by Rakesh Kumar and Hari Chand. 12. Post-Harvest diseases of vegetable crops and their management by Naresh Mehta and M.S. Sangwan.