Introduction / Mohar Singh -- Origin, distribution, and gene pools / Aqeel Hasan Rizvi, Ashutosh Sarker -- Chickpea genetic resources: collection, conservation, characterization, and maintenance / Rahul Chandora, Gayacharan, Neelam Shekhawat, Nikhil Malhotra -- Conventional cytogenetic manipulations / Gopal Katna, S.D. Nitesh, Kamal Dev Sharma -- Embryo rescue and chromosomal manipulations / Biswajit Mondal, S.K. Chaturvedi, Alok Das, Yogesh Kumar, Aneeta Yadav, Shiv Sewak, N.P. Singh -- Gene pyramiding and multiple character breeding / Ashutosh Kushwah, Soma Gupta, Shayla Bindra, Norah Johal, Inderjit Singh, C. Bharadwaj, G.P. Dixit, P.M. Gaur, Harsh Nayyar, Sarvjeet Singh -- Molecular markers and marker trait associations / Kamal Dev Sharma, Surinder Singh Chandel, Rajeev Rathour -- Genetic transformation / Alok Das, Shallu Thakur, Alok Shukla, Prateek Singh, Jamal Ansari, N.P. Singh -- Chickpea economy in India / Subhash Sharma, Samriti, Ravinder Sharma.