The present book “Breeding Frontiers in Wheat” covers different aspects of modern wheat improvement approaches along with historic developments and major milestones in wheat breeding science that led humankind to wheat self-sufficiency and eventually global food security. In selecting the topics for this book on wheat, we have attempted to cover a wide range that includes history, evolution and domestication, germplasm conservation and utilization, breeding approaches and milestones achieved for biotic and abiotic stresses resistance, utilization of heterosis, nutrient use efficiency, seed production and supply system, nutrition and quality, biofortification, processing, constituent chemistry and functionality, biotechnology &genome editing. The book has dedicated chapters focused on the latest developments on major frontiers in wheat breeding including breeding for biotic stresses such as rusts, powdery mildew, wheat blast, aphids and abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, salinity and nitrogen use efficiency. Also, chapters on modern breeding tools for precision genotyping and phenotyping, application of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), CRISPR-Cas9 and speed breeding have been included.

1. The Wheat Revolution: Historical Milestones in Wheat Breeding in India
   G. P. Singh, Priya Ranjan Kumar, Hanif Khan and R. Sendhil
2. Formation of an Indispensable Staple: Evolution and Gene Pools of Wheat
   Pooja Saini, Sonika, S.K. Bishnoi, Charan Singh and Pawan Saini
3. Preserving for Posterity: Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Wheats
   Arun Gupta, Sabhyata, T. K. Nagarathna, B. S. Tyagi, Gyanendra Singh and G. P. Singh
4. Sowing the Seeds of Change: Quality Seed Production and Supply System in Wheat
   CN Mishra, Satish Kumar, Umesh Kamble, Amit Kumar Sharma, Avinash Pandey and GP Singh
5. Diversity and Genetic Architecture of Tolerance to Salinity in Wheat
   Arvind Kumar, Ashwani Kumar and Neeraj Kulshreshtha
6. Diversity and Genetic Architecture for Drought Tolerance in Wheat
   Charan Singh, Pawan Saini, Pradeep Kumar, SK Bishnoi, Vikas Gupta, SK Singh, Pooja Saini, Arun Gupta, BS Tyagi, Gyanendra Singh and GP Singh
7. Overcoming the Structuring Process: Genome wide Association Mapping in Wheat Breeding for Abiotic Stresses
   Divya Phougat, Navjeet Ahlawat, Sheetal Choudhary and S. K. Bishnoi
8. Salvation of Soil and Human Health: Breeding for Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat
   Karnam Venkatesh, Raj Pal Meena, Priyanka Chandra, Gyanendra Singh and GP Singh
9. Diversity, Genetic Architecture and Breeding for Resistance to Wheat Rusts
   Hanif Khan, S.C. Bhardwaj, S.K. Bishnoi and G.P. Singh
10. Diversity and Genetic Architecture of Resistance to Powdery Mildew in Wheat
    Prem Lal Kashyap, Sudheer Kumar, Anju Sharma, Ravi Shekhar Kumar, Poonam Jasrotia, and Gyanendra Partap Singh
11. Wheat Blast: Frontiers and Milestones
    S. K. Bishnoi, Xinyao He, Sunita Mahapatra, Gyananedra Singh, A. K. Joshi, G. P. Singh and P. K. Singh
12. Busting the Bug: Identification and Introgression of Aphid Resistance in Wheat
    Poonam Jasrotia, Jayant Yadav, Prem Lal Kashyap, Sudheer Kumar and Gyanendra Partap Singh
13. Overcoming the Structuring Process: Genome Wide Association Mapping in Wheat Breeding for Biotic Stresses
    Vikesh Tanwar, Kartik Madankar,, Arpit Gaur, Rekha Malk and Sonia Sheoran
14. Cutting through the Genome: Gene Editing Technologies in Wheat Breeding
    Mamrutha HM, Zeenat Wadhwa, Rakesh Kumar, Gopalareddy K, Hanif Khan, Satish Kumar, Mishra CN, Gyanendra Singh and GP Singh
15. Hybrid Wheat: Prospects and Future Perspectives
    SK Singh, Shikha Dubey and SA Desai
16. Speed Breeding of Wheat: Breakthroughs and Handicaps
    Vikas VK, Sivasamy M, Jayaprakash P, Nisha R, Shajitha P, Geetha M and John Peter
17. Adding Value to the Staple: Wheat Biofortification
    Divya Phougat, Sheetal Choudhary, Navjeet Ahlawat, Preeti, Prakhar Singla and S.K. Bishnoi
18. Fungal Foes: Precision Phenotyping for Better Management of Fungi Borne Wheat Diseases
    Sunanda Chakraborty, Sudhir Kumar, Satish Kumar and Sunita Mahapatra