1. Genetics, genomics and breeding of peanut : an introduction / Nalini Mallikarjuna and Rajeev K Varshney -- 2. Genetic resources, diversity and association mapping in peanut / Hari D Upadhyaya, Shivali Sharma and Sangam L Dwivedi -- 3. Classical and molecular cytogenetics in Arachis / J Guillermo Seijo, German Robledo, Alejandra Ortiz and Graciela I Lavia -- 4. Peanut Breeding / Boshou Liao -- 5. Molecular markers, genetic maps and QTLs for molecular breeding in peanut / Manish K Pandey, Baozhu Guo, C Corley Holbrook, P Janila, Xinyou Zhang, David J Bertioli, Sachiko Isobe, Xuanqiang Liang and Rajeev K Varshney -- 6. An overview of peanut genome structure / DJ Bertioli, ACG Araujo, S Nielen, P Heslop-Harrison, PM Guimaraes, T Schwarzacher, S Isobe, K Shirasawa and SCM Leal-Bertioli -- 7. Peanut transcriptomics / Xiaoping Chen and Xuanqiang Liang -- 8. Advances in proteomics research for peanut genetics and breeding / Ramesh Katam, Virginia Gottschalk, Prashanth Survajahala, George Brewster, Payton Paxton, Katsumi Sakata, Ching Lee, Crayger Williams, Baozhu Guo and Lekan M Latinwo -- 9. Transgenic interventions in peanut crop improvement : progress and prospects / Sowmini Sunkara, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur and Kiran K Sharma -- 10. Applications of bioinformatics tools to genetic mapping and diversity in peanut / K Venkatesh, A Roja Rani, P Amareshwari and Ramesh Katam.