The second edition of the book entitled 'Crop Breeding and Biotechnology presents the application of breeding and biotechnology to improvement of major field crops particularly in context of India. Crop-wise individual chapters deal with origin, distribution, brief botanical deion, pollination, breeding objectives, qualitative genetics of major traits, breeding procedures as practiced in the field, markers and marker-assisted selection. genetic modification and varieties. Bt. cotton which has impacted cotton production scenario in India, global status of commercialized GM/biotech crops and MAS have been adequately covered in independent chapters. Relevant Indian legislations like Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act-2001 and Biodiversity Act-2002 figure prominently to expose the readers about these two legislations related to crop varieties IPR and effective PGR and biodiversity management. Landmark historical developments, namely, introduction of dwarfing genes in wheat and rice heralding Green Revolution in India have been adequately covered. Crop based national research centers/all India coordinated research projects and CGIAR funded crop improvement centers have been given due coverage to give a complete picture of individual crop breeding programme at one place. Any exciting development which has made an impact in the area of commercial crop breeding and biotechnology is available in this book which will be a rich source of information to undergraduate agriculture students and post-graduate students majoring in genetics, plant breeding, seed science and technology, and plant biotechnology and the professionals engaged in crop breeding.