chapter 1. Omics databases and gene expression networks in plant sciences / Masaaki Kobayashi, Hajime Ohyanagi, and Kentaro Yano -- chapter 2. Foodomics strategies for the analysis of genetically modified crops / Alberto Valdes, Alejandro Cifuentes and Virginia Garcia-Canas -- chapter 3. Genomics in hardwood tree improvement : applications of a growing resource / Lisa W. Alexander and Shaneka S. Lawson -- chapter 4. MicroRNA Omics approaches to investigate abiotic and biotic stress responses in plants / Shiv S. Verma, Swati Megha, Muhammad H. Rahman, Nat N. V. Kav, and Urmila Basu -- chapter 5. Genome-wide view of the expression profiles of NAC-domain genes in response to infection by rice viruses / Shoshi Kikuchi -- chapter 6. Plant molecular breeding : perspectives from plant biotechnology and marker-assisted selection / Ashwani Kumar, Manorma Sharma, Saikat Kumar Basu, Muhammad Asif, Xian Ping Li, and Xiuhua Chen -- chapter 7. A comprehensive forage development model for advancing the agricultural and rural economy of Pakistan through integration of agronomic and omics approaches / Mukhtar Ahmed, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Kausar Nawaz Shah, Arvind H. Hirani, Muhammad Sajad, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, and Saikat Kumar Basu -- chapter 8. New approaches for detection of unique qualities of small fruits / Teodora Dzhambazova, Ilian Badjakov, Ivayla Dincheva, Maria Georgieva, Ivan Tsvetkov, Atanas Pavlov, Andrey Marchev, Kiril Mihalev, Galin Ivanov, Violeta Kondakova, Rossitza Batchvarova, and Atanas Atanassov -- chapter 9. Marker-assisted selection in coffee / Sandra Krishnan -- chapter 10. Advances in papaya genomics / Savarni Tripathi, Luz Castro, Gustavo Fermin, and Paula Tennant -- chapter 11. Advances in omics for improved onion and potato quality / Noureddine Benkeblia -- chapter 12. Omics-based approaches for improvement of the common bean / Sajad Majeed Zargar, Chumki Bhattacharjee, Rashmi Rai, Muslima Nazir, Yoichiro Fukao, Ganesh Kumar Agrawal, and Randeep Rakwal -- chapter 13. Genomics, transcriptomics, and molecular breeding for improving cereals / Arvind H. Hirani, Muhammad Asif, Manorma Sharma, Saikat K. Basu, Muhammad Iqbal, and Muhammad Sajad -- chapter 14. Next-generation sequencing: principle and applications to crops / Pradeep K. Jain, Pooja Choudhary Taxak, Prasanta K. Dash, Kishor Gaikwad, Rekha Kansal, and Vijay K. Gupta -- chapter 15. Linking plant amino acids with energy and stress : a systems biology perspective / Jedrzej Szymanski and Gad Galili.