This book encompasses on subjects like Biodiversity of vegetable crops; Efficient management of plant genetic resources through use of core collections; Collection, characterization and conservation of indigenous germplasm; In-situ conservation approaches; IPR in relation to germplasm management; GM crops-their bio safety issues and regulation; bioinformatics tools for diversity analysis; biochemical characterization and tolerance mechanism to cold stress.The editors and authors have tried their best to bring in most of the facts and recent findings on the discussed chapters in a lucid manner.