Introduction to Plant Breeding -- Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture -- Inbred Development -- Population Improvement -- Heterosis and Inter-Specific Hybridization -- Mutations and Epigenetics -- Genetic Engineering and Transgenic Breeding -- DNA Sequencing, other Omics and Synthetic Biology -- Breeding Self-fertilizing Plants: From Inbred to Hybrid Cultivars -- Breeding Open Pollinated, Hybrid and Transgenic Outcrossing Species -- Polyploidy and Plant Breeding -- Seeds, Clones and Perennials -- Diversity, Intellectual Property and Plant Variety Protection.