This book serves as a reference for the post-graduate, plant-breeding students as well as plant breeders.
Dr. G.P. Dixit is the Director of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur. He had served as Project Coordinator of AICRP on Chickpea, AICRP on MULLaRP and AICRP on Linseed for more than 12 years. He has more than three decades of experience in pulses research and development, and has more than 24 varieties of different pulses including field pea, chickpea and urdbean to his credit.
Dr. Harsh Kumar Dikshit is a Principal Scientist working at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi. He obtained his doctorate on plant breeding and pathology from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand.
Dr. G. P. Mishra is working as a Senior Scientist at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi. He has obtained his PhD and Masters in Genetics from ICAR-IARI and his Bachelor's in Agriculture from Banaras Hindu University.
Dr. Muraleedhar S Aski is a Senior Scientist (Lentil and Mungbean Breeding) at the Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi, India. He initially served as a Chickpea Breeder for ICAR-IIPR Kanpur (India).