The book "Plant Breeding and Genetics" provides an overview of the fundamental principles of plant breeding and genetics, and is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate students. The book's chapters cover a wide range of topics, including statistical and biotechnological applications, making it a useful resource for students studying undergraduate genetics and/or plant breeding. Each chapter begins with a clear definition of key terms and concepts, followed by an in-depth exploration of the chapter's core issues. The book includes a variety of illustrations and solved numerical problems to aid in understanding, and concludes with a comprehensive glossary that includes modern developments. This book will be particularly useful for undergraduate students, but can also be beneficial for postgraduate students seeking a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of plant breeding and genetics.

1.Plant Breeding and Breeding Systems 2.Self-Incompatibility and Male Sterility 3.Plant Genetic Resources, Gene Pool and Centres of Origin 4.Heterosis and Inbreeding 5.Heritability, Genetic Advance and Gene Action 6.Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium 7.Stability Parameters 8.Mutation Breeding and Wide Crosses 9.Polyploidy in Plant Breeding 10.Pure-Line Selection in Self-Pollinated Crops 11.Pedigree Selection in Self-Pollinated Crops 12.Bulk Population Breeding in Self-Pollinated Crops 13.Back-Cross Breeding in Self-Pollinated Crops 14.Development of Hybrid Cultivars in Self-Pollinated Crops 15.Mass Selection in Cross-Pollinated Crops 16.Recurrent Selection in Cross-Pollinated Crops   17.Synthetic Cultivars in Cross-Pollinated Crops 18.Hybrid Breeding in Cross-Pollinated Crops 19.Breeding for Disease Resistance 20.Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stresses 21.Molecular Breeding 22.Plant Genomics 23.GM Crops 24.International Research Centres on Plant Breeding 25.Statistical Tools in Plant Breeding 26.Field Plot Technique and Simple Experimental Designs in Plant Breeding 27.Varietal Release and Notification in India.    

II- Genetics                                                                               

28.Genetics and Its History 29.Cell, Chromosome, ­­Mitosis and Meiosis 30.Chi-Square, Probability and Binomial 31.Mendel and Mendelian Principles (Segregation and Independent Assortment) 32.Genetic Interactions 33.Genetics of Sex 34.Linkage, Crossing Over and Chromosome Mappingin Diploids 35. Estimation of Recombination Value 36.Translocations and  Inversions 37.Maternal Effects and Cytoplasmic Inheritance 38. DNA-The Chemical Basis of Heredity 39.Nucleic Acid 40.DNA Replication 41.Transcription-The Transfer of Genetic Information 42.Translation 43.Genetic Code 44. Gene Regulation 45. The Gene Concept