Mulberry : genetic improvement in context of climate change Section A: Taxonomy and Importance of Mulberry Systematics of the Genus Morus L. (Moraceae): Taxonomy Phylogeny and Potential Responses to Climate Change Madhav P. Nepal and Jordan M. Purintun Genetic Diversity in Mulberry Genotypes Muzaffer İpek Şeyma Arikan Ahmet Eşi̇tken and Lütfi̇ Pirlak Cultivation of Mulberry An Important Genetic and Economic Source Kunjupillai Vijayan Prashanth Sangannavar Soumen Chattopadhyay Daniel Dezmirean and Sezai Ercisl Medicinal Uses of Mulberry Danica Dimitrijević Biljana Arsić and Danijela Kostić Pharmacological Uses of Mulberry Products Halil Koya Section B: Genetic Improvement of Mulberry using Conventional and Non Conventional Methods Sexual Hybridization and Other Breeding Procedures in Mulberry (Morus spp. ) to Improve Quality and Productivity of Leaf as well as Other Traits Kunjupillai Vijayan Improvement of Mulberry by Induction of Polyploidy and Mutagenesis V.N. Yogananda Murthy and H.L. Ramesh Plant Tissue Culture in Mulberry Improvement Anupama Razdan Tiku T. Dennis Thomas and M.K. Razdan In vitro Production of Haploids and Triploids in Mulberry Anju M. Razdan M.K. and T. Dennis Thomas Improvement of Mulberry (Morus spp.) by Protoplast Culture Gulab Khan Rohela Pawan Shuklaa Pawan Sainia Rajesh Kumara Kunjupillai Vijayan and Sukhen Roy Chowdhury Applications of Genetic Engineering in Mulberry Zhao Weiguo Fang Rong Jun Liu Li and Li Long Section C: Sustainable Growth of Mulberry in Context of Climate Change Impact of Climate Change on the Sustainable Growth of Morus alba Tsvetelina Nikolova Stress Tolerant Traits in Mulberry (Morus spp.) Resilient to Climate Change: An Update on Its Genetic Improvement Tanmoy Sarkar S. Gandhi Doss Vankadara Sivaprasad and Ravindra Singh Teotia Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Contribute Significant Benefits to Growth and Quality of Mulberry Plants Songmei Shi Miao Wen Xinshui Dong Lu Zhang Sharifullah Sharifi Xiao Xu and Xinhua He Mulberry (Morus sps.) Cultivation for Sustainable Sericulture Dandin S.B. and Vijaya Kumari N. Viroids Viruses and Phytoplasmas of Mulberry Keramatollah Izadpanah Conservation of Mulberry Genetic Resources to Sustain Sericulture Sericulture under Climate Change Jhansilakshmi K. and Ananada Rao A. Mulberry (Morus spp.) is an important horticultural plant in the sericulture industry. It belongs to the family Moraceae. The leaf of mulberry is used to feed the silkworm Bombyx mori L. It is also used as a fodder. Due to its economic and agricultural importance mulberry is cultivated in many parts of the world. An estimated 60% of the total cost of silk cocoon production is for production and maintenance of mulberry plants. Therefore much attention is needed to improve the quality and quantity of mulberry leaves. It is vital to increase the production of superior quality mulberry leaves with high nutritive value for the sericulture industry