Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops Vol. 3
by K V Peter
ISBN: 9788170359036
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 11995.00
Biblio : xxiv+336p.,col.plts.,figs.,tabls.,ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. K. V. Peter Former Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University and presently working as Director, World Noni Research Foundation, Chennai.
About The Book
The UN is celebrating 2010 as International Year of Biodiversity and the theme is “Biodiversity is life; Biodiversity is our life”. The 3rd Vol. of Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops published in 2010 highlights biodiversity of potential and future crops for livelihood and nutritional security. Fourteen crops including three vegetables, six fruit crops, three ornamentals, one spice and one medicinal plant-Bombara Groundnut-uncommon to Asian readers but common in South Africa are elucidated by 2
Table of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Ashgourd by I. Sreelathakumary; Chapter 2: Satputia by B.R. Choudhary and P.K. Singh; Chapter 3: Watermelon by B.R. Choudhary and P.K. Singh; Chapter 4: : Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait) by Hilary A. Sandler, Carolyn J. DeMoranville, Yu Zhou, Robert R. Boulanger, Jr and Bal Ram Singh; Chapter 5: Jamun by A.K. Singh and Anju Bajpai; Chapter 6: Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) by Rajesh Kumar; Chapter 7: Mangoes of Western Ghats by S.P. Singh; Chapter 8: Noni (Morinda citr
