This book is of interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and policymakers to understand the impacts of various diseases on yield loss in legume crops.

Chapter 1. Chickpea diseases: Breeding and 'omics' approaches for designing next-generation disease-resistant chickpea cultivar.- Chapter 2. Ascochyta blight of chickpea- A menace to be managed by resistance breeding.- Chapter 3. Fusarium wilt of chickpea: Breeding and Genomics approaches for designing wilt resistant chickpea.- Chapter 4. Dry root rot in chickpea: a perspective on disease resistance breeding strategies .- Chapter 5. An overview of major Bean diseases and current scenario of Common Bean Resistance.- Chapter 6. Diseases in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp): Next generation breeding techniques for developing disease resistant cowpea.- Chapter 7. Biotic stress resistance in Vigna mungo and Vigna radiata: A Molecular perspective.- Chapter 8. Disease resistance an essential for better adaptability and production of faba bean in India (Vicia faba L.).- Chapter 9. Next generation crop breeding approaches for improving disease resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.).-Chapter 10. Disease resistance breeding in Lathyrus sativus L..- Chapter 11. Understanding fungal diseases and their mitigation in lentils.- Chapter 12. Biotic stresses in multipurpose legume: rice bean.- Chapter 13. Genomic approaches for resistance against fungal diseases in soybean.- Chapter 14. Disease resistance and Seed production in two common New England Grain Legumes.