CONTENTS:- Preface; Acknowledgeents; The editors; Contributors; Bioinformatics: Development and Prospects; Molecular evolution and codon usage frequency bias; Proteomics: a revolutionary milestone in science; Computational genomics molecular markers and plant systematics; Basic concepts integration and biological importance of databases; Introduction to databases and sequence analysis; Database management system; Bioinformatics as a tool for identifying and understanding human diseases; Bioinformtics in Horticulture; Applications of biinformatics in vegetable breeding; Vegetable gene list for Hybridisation.