Contents: 1. Transgenic ornamentals with reduced ethylene production and perception/Shigeru Satoh, Yusuke Kosugi and Takako Narumi. 2. DNA barcoding and its applications in horticultural crops/Deepu Mathew. 3. Genome mapping and gene tagging for marker assisted selection/R. Sujatha and K.V. Peter. 4. Climate change research amenities with special emphasis on CO2 fertilization effect/Debashis Chakraborty and Sourav Saha. 5. Advances in molecular breeding of perennial spice crops/K. Nirmal Babu, V.A. Parthasarathy and K.V. Peter. 6. Molecular stress biology of spice plants-a new frontier of plant improvement/E.V. Soniya and Sweda Sreekumar. 7. Mycorrhizal symbiosis for sustainable horticulture/D.J. Bagyaraj. 8. Carbohydrate metabolism during fruit spoilage/Neelima Garg and V.K. Singh. 9. Processing potatoes in sub-tropical climates/Dinesh Kumar, Parveen Kumar, S.K. Pandey and S.V. Singh. 10. Postharvest physiology and technology of pomegranate fruit/Sunil Pareek. 11. Probiotic functional foods in recent times/Renu Agrawal. 12. Recent trends in food biotechnology for value addition with special reference to probiotics/Renu Agrawal. 13. Aflatoxin contamination in Chilli and its management/S. Sudha and M.K. Naik. 14. Hybrid vigour in ash gourd/L. Pugalendhi, V. Rajashree, S. Praneetha and S. Natarajan. 15. Safe management of borers in vegetables/R. Srinivasan. 16. Mode and mechanism of pollination in Horticultural crops/T. Vanaja. Index.