Present book has been designed to provide comprehensive information about all plant breeding related legislations in one compact volume. Hope this volume would be useful to the students, teachers and researchers engaged in the field of Plant Breeding, Seed Technology and Genetics.

Contents: Preface. Section I: Seed related legislations. 1. Introductory chapter. 2. Indian seed Act, 1966. 3. The seed rules, 1968. 4. Seed amendment rules. 5. Seeds (control) order, 1983. 6. New seed policy, 1988. 7. Seed order, 1989. 8. National seeds policy, 2002. 9. Indian seed act 2004. Section II: Varieties related legislations. 10. Protection of plant varieties and farmers’ rights act 2001. 11. Plant breeders’ rights. 12. Farmers’ rights. Section III: Biodiversity related legislations. 13. Convention on biodiversity. 14. Indian biodiversity legislation. Section IV: Bio-safety related legislations. 15. Cartagena protocol on bio-safety. 16. Bio-safety regulations for transgenic plants. Section V: Miscellaneous topics. 17. Plant quarantine order, 2003 (Regulation of Import into India). 18. Intellectual property rights. 19. World trade organization. 20. Globalization. Glossary.