Basics of Plant Breeding

The book is in accordance with the recommendations of the ICAR Sixth Deans Committee and NEP-2020, this textbook presents the fundamental and applied aspects of Plant Breeding in a comprehensive, student-friendly, and outcome-oriented manner. The book systematically covers the principles of inheritance, genetic variability, breeding methods for self-, cross-, and asexually propagated crops, hybridization techniques, heterosis breeding, mutation and polyploidy breeding, breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and modern concepts of variety development, release, and protection

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