Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops: Vol 01

Peter, K.V.

Country of Origin India
ImprintNIPA
ISBN9788189422608
BindingHB
Year of Publishing2007
Number Of Pages394 pages, 25cm
LanguageEnglish
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Underutilized and underexploited horticultural crops form an integral part of health food green parks, neutraceutical industry, home decorations, renewable sources of green energy and above all food reserves during calamities. Leaf vegetables like agathi, chekkurmanis, waterleaf, drumstick leaf, basella and colacasia leaf are rich in fibre, minerals and beta carotenes. Cucurbits like ash gourd, pointed gourd, ivy gourd, kekrol, snap melons and chow-chow are rich in iron and amino acids. Fruits like karonda, aonla and cherries are highly nutritious and are suited to less moisture soils. Noni is a fruit for health. Noni juice is recommended against diabetes, obesity and sleeplessness. Among spices, long pepper, mint, celery, fenugreek and garcenia possess medicinal properties. There are a large number of underexploited medicinal plants like tulsi and peppermint with considerable economic value. Underutilized crops like in Tripura, Orissa and Kerala are specially mentioned. There is need to broaden the food basket with lesser know crops. There is a shift from Health Care to Wellness Industry. Prevention is always better then cure. The present volume deals with underexploited and underutilized horticultural crops in its totality. The contributors of each are working scientists in the specific crop.
K.V. Peter: Professor of Horticulture and Former Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur - 680 656, Kerala (India)
General: 1. Genetic Resources of Underutilized Horticultural Crops in Tripura by Sankaran, M. Singh; N.P and Jai Prakash Underutilized Tuber Crops: 2. Arrow Root by Jose Mathew 3.Coleus ( Coleus Parviflorus Benth .) by Rajmohan, K. 4. Larger Yam by Jayakrishna Kumar 5. Lesser Yam by Jayakrishna Kumar 6. Winged Beans by Prasanna, K.P. 7. Yam Beans by Devadas, V.S. Underutilized Ornamentals: 8. Indigenous Ornamental Plants of Western Ghats by Rajasekharan, P.E. 9. Domestication of Underutilized Species for Ornamental Values by Datta, S.K. 10.Underutilized Orchids of Orissa by Sagar Mohapatra and Kambaska Kumar Behera 11.Promising Indian Barlerias of Ornamental Potential by Mayur, Y. Kamble; Sandeep R. Pai and Shendage, S.M. 12.Exacum bicolor - An Elegant Wild Flowering Herbs by Sreelatha, U.; T. S. Baburaj and Narayanan, Kutty C. 13.Use of Dehydration Technique for Utilization of Unutilized Rural Flora for Preparation of Diversified Value Added Products by Datta, S.K. Underutilized Herbs and Spices: 14. Underutilized Herbs and Spices by Ravindran, P.N; Geetha S Pillai and Nirmal Babu, K. Underutilized Vegetables: 15. Tropical Cucurbits and Their Improvement by K.V. Peter, P.G. Sadhan Kumar and T.E. George 16. Basella by Varalakshmi , B. 17. Chow-Chow by Pitchaimuthu, M. 18. Ivy Gourd by Bharathi, L.K. 19. Melothria by Bharathi, L.K. 20. Spine Gourd by Bharathi, L.K; G. Naik, H.S. Singh and Dora, D.K. Underutilized Fruits: 21. Participatory Management of Indigenous Mango Germplasm by Pradeep Kumar, T; John Kutty, I and Peter, K.V. 22. Indian Noni (Marinda Citrifolia L.) —A Unique Fruit Crop with High Medicinal Value by Abu Saleha; Manju Kamath L, and Peter, P.I. 23. Karonda (Carissa conjesta) - An Underutilized Fruit Crop by Dinesh Kumar; Pandey V. and Vishal Nath 24. Tamarind by Gajanana, T.M; Gowda, I.N.D. and Reddy, B.M.C.
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