CONTENTS:- 1. CENTRES OF DIVERSITY OF PLANTS AND ORIGIN OF CROP PLANTS, 2. DOMESTICATION AND INTRODUCTION OF CROP PLANTS, 3. BASIC CONCEPTS OF PLANT BREEDING, HYBRIDIZATION AND HETEROSIS, 4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 5. CULTIVATION, PRODUCTION AND USES OF WHEAT, RICE, LEGUMES AND SUGARCANE, 6. A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF PLANTS YIELDING OILS, SPICES AND BEVERAGES, 7. AN ACCOUNT OF MAJOR FIBER, MEDICINAL AND PETRO PLANTS OF UTTAR PRADESH, 8. ETIOLOGY OF VIRAL, BACTERIAL, MYCOPLASMAL, FUNGAL & INSECT PEST DISEASES, 9. INTEGRATED PEST DISEASES MANAGEMENT, 10. PALYNOLOGY:- INTRODUCTION, PORPHOLOGY, VIABILTY AND GERMINATION OF POLLENS, 11. CLASSIFICATION OF DATA