Advances in Breeding of Major Field Crops

Contents: 1. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of rice. 2. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in rice. 3. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of rice. 4. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of wheat. 5. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in wheat. 6. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of wheat. 7. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of maize. 8. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in maize. 9. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of maize. 10. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of bajra. 11. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in bajra. 12. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of bajra. 13. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species in sorghum. 14. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in sorghum. 15. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of sorghum. 16. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of red gram. 17. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in red gram. 18. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of black gram. 19. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in black gram. 20. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of green gram. 21. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in green gram. 22. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of pulses. 23. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species in arid legumes – cowpea. 24. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in cowpea. 25. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of arid legumes. 26. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of groundnut. 27. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in groundnut. 28. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of castor. 29. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in castor. 30. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of sunflower. 31. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in sunflower. 32. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of oilseeds. 33. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of cotton. 34. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in cotton. 35. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of cotton. 36. History, description, classification, origin and phylogenetic relationship, genome status in cultivated and alien species of sugarcane. 37. Breeding objectives and breeding methods in sugarcane. 38. National and international accomplishments in genetic improvement of sugarcane.…