Chapter 1. Chickpea diseases: Breeding and 'omics' approaches for designing next-generation disease-resistant chickpea cultivar -- Chapter 2. Ascochyta blight of chickpea- A menace to be managed by resistance breeding -- Chapter 3. Fusarium wilt of chickpea: Breeding and Genomics approaches for designing wilt resistant chickpea -- Chapter 4. Dry root rot in chickpea: a perspective on disease resistance breeding strategies -- Chapter 5. An overview of major Bean diseases and current scenario of Common Bean Resistance -- Chapter 6. Diseases in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp): Next generation breeding techniques for developing disease resistant cowpea -- Chapter 7. Biotic stress resistance in Vigna mungo and Vigna radiata: A Molecular perspective -- Chapter 8. Disease resistance an essential for better adaptability and production of faba bean in India (Vicia faba L.) -- Chapter 9. Next generation crop breeding approaches for improving disease resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.).-Chapter 10. Disease resistance breeding in Lathyrus sativus L. -- Chapter 11. Understanding fungal diseases and their mitigation in lentils -- Chapter 12. Biotic stresses in multipurpose legume: rice bean -- Chapter 13. Genomic approaches for resistance against fungal diseases in soybean -- Chapter 14. Disease resistance and Seed production in two common New England Grain Legumes.