The present volume has twelve chapters.
Chapter 1 is Biotechnological Advances to overcome Drought Stress in Wheat; Chapter 2 describes Farmer Participatory Approaches for Varietals Improvement; Chapter 3 Defines Recent Advances in Breeding for Resistance to Stem Rust of Wheat; Chapter 4 describes RNAi in Crop Improvement; Chapter 5 explains Marker Assisted Selection: A Feasible Tool in Crop Improvement; Chapter 6 discusses in detail Recent Genomic Approaches for Sugarcane Improvement: Opportunities and Challenges; Chapter 7 is Building Drought Tolerance by Integrating Root Architecture and above Ground Physiology: Case Study of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.
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Chapter, 8 deliberates Molecular Basis of Predicting Heterosis in Crop; Chapter 9 describes Physiological Functions of Auxin Amid Molecular Mechanisms of Auxin Response Factors.
Chapter 10 describes Saffron Improvement Improvised Methods.
Chapter 11 enlightens the Strategies to Improve Crop Salt and Drought Tolerance: Success and Limitations.
Last chapter discusses Proteomics Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.
Each chapter is detailed by experts in the area of their specialization.
We are confident that the book will cater to the needs of postgraduate students specializing in plant breeding, genetics, plant physiology, crop breeding, biotechnology, etc.
It will serve a definite purpose for agriculture scientists dealing with Quality and Quantum in Improvement of Field Crops.

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