Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS 2. STRUCTRURAL BASIS OF HEREDITY: CELL AND ITS ORGANELLES 3. CELL DIVISION 4. PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS 5. MONOHYBRID RATIOS 6. DIHYBRID RATIOS 7. TESTING OF GOODNESS OF FIT 8. MULTIPLE ALLELES . 9. GENE INTERACTION 10. LINKAGE ESTIMATION 11. GENETICS OF SEX DETERMINATION 12. POLYGENIC INHERITANCE 13. CENTRES OF ORIGIN AND PLANT INTRODUCTION 14. BREEDING METHODS FOR SELF POLLINATED CROPS 15. GENETIC STRUCTURE OF CROSS POLLINATED CROPS 16. BREEDING METHODS FOR ASEXUALLY PROPAGATED CROPS 17. MUTATION BRREDING 18. POLYPLOIDY BREEDING