Plants are the primary source of food and medicine, and they are directly involved in the development of new drugs, agrochemicals, fragrances, flavors, cosmetics, fine chemicals, and nutraceuticals. Research on plants and their value-added products is an area of great interest to humans.
This book provides an overview of the current scenario and importance of commercially valuable plant species, and it is based on 21 research articles. The book covers a wide range of plant species, including domestic and industrial plants such as Bunium persicum, Dysoxylum binectariferum, Magnolia campbellii, Morchella esculenta, Tinospora cordifolia, Woodfordia fructicosa, Plantago ovata, Artemisia annua, Spinifex littoreus, tissue culture raised banana, plant growth promoting bacteria, systematic of starch grains, scientific propagation techniques for improvement of plants, sustainability of Mucuna pruriens, and phytochemical screening of Eulaliopsis binata, Himalayan rhododendrons, Cyperus pangorei, and Vigna radiata. The book also discusses the uses and diversity of aromatic plants and their value in aromatherapy, flavor, and fragrance.
The book includes sections on biological, chemical, pharmacological, and clinical parameters that provide valuable information for discovering new leads for product development from plants. As the reader will note, these books represent a wide range of views and ideas, reflecting the diversity of sciences and interests of thousands of researchers who contributed to this compilation.

Introduction Editor’s Choice: Bikarma Singh Synopsis and Current Issue Editor’s Choice: Bikarma Singh 1. Morchella esculenta Dill. ex Pers., an Important Medicinal Mushroom of Himalaya: Traditional Usages, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Need for Scientific Intervention Bikarma Singh, Yash Pal Sharma, Brijesh Kumar, Bishander Singh and TN Lakhanpal 2. Woodfordia fructicosa (L.) Kurz., a Potent Indian Medicinal Plant in Curing Peptic Ulcer Anil Kumar Katare, Inshad Ali Khan, Durga Prasad Mindala, Prasoon Kumar Gupta, Surjeet Singh and Bikarma Singh 3. Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.f. & Thomson (Giloy), a Multifaceted Elixir Plant of India Neha Sharma and Naresh Kumar Satti 4. Modelling the Environmental Niche and Potential Distribution of Magnolia campbellii Hook.f. & Thomson for its Conservation in the Indian Eastern Himalaya Dibyendu Adhikari, Prem Prakash Singh, Raghuvar Tiwary and Saroj Kanta Barik 5. Bunium persicum (Boiss.) Fedtsch.: Distribution, Botany and Agro-technology Sajan Thakur and Harish Chander Dutt 6. Dysoxylum binectariferum (Roxb.) Hook., a Plant of High Medicinal Value and a Source of Leads for Modern Medicine Vikas Kumar, Sonali S. Bharate, Ram A. Vishwakarma and Sandip B. Bharate 7. Biochemical Analysis of three Species of Hemiparasitic Taxa in the Polluted Area: Significant Role in Mitigators of Pollutants Shibdas Maity, Souradut Ray and Amal Kumar Mondal 8. Exploring Commercial Cultivation of Tissue Cultured Raised Banana in Himalayan Shivalik Range Sabha Jeet, VP Rahul, Rajendra Bhanwaria, CP Singh Rajendra Gochar, Amit Kumar, Kaushal Kumar, Jagannath Pal and Bikarma Singh 9. Advent of Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk.) Husk as a Cost Effective and Promising Gelling Agent in Plant Tissue Culture Experiment Sougata Sarkar, Sana Khan, Janhvi Pandey and RK Lal 10. Medicinal Importance of Artemisia annua L. and Discovery of Artemisinin Praveen Kumar Verma, Aliya Tabassum and Sanghapal D. Sawant 11. Threatened Subsistence of Economically Important Spinifex littoreus (Burm.f.) Merr. (Family Poaceae) Amal Kumar Mondal, Tamal Chakraborty and Sanjukta Mondal Parui 12. Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria as a Potent Tool in Amelioration of Salinity Stress: A Review Prachi Sharma and Ratul Baishya 13. Systematic Studies on Starch Grain of Selected Indian Pulses: Potential Health Benefit and Commercial Values Shilpa Dinda and Amal Kumar Mondal 14. Improvement of Commercially Valuable Plants Through Genetic Manipulations Ujjal Jyoti Phukan and Vigyasa Singh 15. Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC: Ensuring Sustainability and Societal Enabling Through Agricultural Practices Susheel Kumar Singh and Sunita Singh Dhawan 16. Taxonomy, Anatomy and Phytochemical Screening of Eulaliopsis binata (Retz.) C.E. Hubb. (Family Poaceae) Shilpa Dinda, Debashree Ghosh, Souradut Ray and Amal Kumar Mondal 17. Indian Rhododendrons and their Value Addition: Revision of Species Diversity and Review with Reference to Product Development Sumit Singh and Bikarma Singh 18. Cyperus pangorei Rottb. (Cyperaceae) an Economically Important Mat Grass for Rural Prosperity in India: Cultivation, Processing and Marketing Anup Kumar Bhunia and Amal Kumar Mondal 19. Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Leaf Extract of three medicinally important plants and its Effects on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth on Mungbean Sk. Md. Abu Imam Saadi and Amal Kumar Mondal 20. Genetic Improvements of Medicinal Plants through Tissue Culture Techniques Gitasree Borahi, Monabi Paw and Mohan Lal 21. Aromatic Wealth of Himalaya: Value Addition and Product Development from Essential Oils Bikarma Singh, Sneha and Rajneesh Anand Glossary of Terms Colour Plates Index to Scientific Names