Contents: 1. Alpha e-taxonomy and biodiversity/S. John Britto SJ and S.R. Senthilkumar. 2. Revitalizing taxonomy - the emergent new taxonomy/S. John Britto SJ and S.R. Senthilkumar. 3. Role of e-networking towards the revival of taxonomy/S. John Britto SJ and S.R. Senthilkumar. 4. Integrative taxonomy and use of DNA sequences/S. John Britto SJ and S.R. Senthilkumar. 5. DNAB - a molecular systematic approach for species identification and bioresource protection/Latha Rangan, Archana Das, Sumit Agarwal, Vigya Kesari and Gajen C. Sharma. 6. Molecular markers in assessing medicinal plant diversity/A. Muthusamy, P. Mariappan, M. Rajasekhar and N. Jayabalan. 7. Molecular approaches for plant genetic resource management/R. Nirmala, N. Sunil and N. Sivaraj. 8. Molecular elucidation of the history and evolution of montane plants of India/Sofia Banu, Meena D. Lagu and Vidya S. Gupta. 9. Molecular marker and its impact in phylogenetic analysis and genetic improvement in Jatropha curcas/BS Bhau, Sarkar T,  Medhi K, Rabha A, R.K. Choudhary, BP. Mishra, SP. Saikia, and PB. Kanjilal. 10. Isozyme characterization of capsicum species/Jayaraj Gorantla, Charlie Bell, S. John Britto. 11. Strategic application of biotechnology for improvement, management and exploitation of oil palm in India/P.K. Mandal and M. Jayanthi. 12. Application of biotechnology in conservation of rare plants/M. Jayanthi and P.K. Mandal. 13. Molecular techniques in plant diversity and systematics/Kamal Dev Sharma. 14. Molecular markers for study of genetic diversity in plants and its implication in conserving genetic resources/K. Medhi, A. Patel, Y. Yadav, T. Sarkar, SP. Saikia PB. Kanjilal and BS. Bhau. 15. Diversity analysis in rice with molecular approach/R.N. Sarma and S. Rathi. 16. Application of computer software in molecular systematics/R. Siva and Kunal Kumar. 17. Molecular systematic approach in isolation and identification of fungi from ancient glacial ice/Vincent Theraisnathan and Scott O Rogers. 18. Molecular approaches in Lichen systematics/R. Valarmathi, Bharath Prithiviraj, S.R. Prashanth and G.N. Hariharan. 19. Genetic diversity of plants - a molecular approach/G. Roopa Lavanya, S.A. Ranade and G. Suresh Babu.