Economic Botany

A Comprehensive Study

S. L. Kochhar (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

680 Seiten

2016 | 5th Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
9781107112940 (ISBN)

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This book offers detailed discussion on cultivated plants that produce wheat, rice, fibres, cereals, pulses, vegetable oils, fruits and nuts, vegetables, spices, beverages, wood, rubber and medicine. Each chapter includes relevant description and usage of these important crops. The plants covered have been chosen because of their relevance in the global economy.

This book offers an up-to-date account of important crops grown worldwide. It provides detailed discussion on the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication and distribution, and crop improvement. The text starts with the origin and diversification of cultivated plants, followed by discussion on tropical, subtropical and temperate crops that are sources of food, beverages, spices and medicines, as well as plant insecticides, timber plants and essential oil-yielding plants. The genetic and evolutionary aspects of different plants and their health benefits are highlighted. The book covers topics dealing with biodiversity conservation, petro-crops, ethnobotanical studies, and important sub-tropical and temperate plants that have commercial importance. The significance of major plant species under each category is described in detail. Illustrated with numerous well-labelled line diagrams and pictures, this book will be useful for students of botany, food and nutrition, forestry, agriculture, horticulture, plant breeding and environmental science.

S. L. Kochhar taught Economic Botany and Plant Physiology at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi for more than four decades (1965–2007). His areas of interest are botany, plant science, tropical crops and plant physiology.

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Fibre and fibre-yielding plants; 3. Cereal crops; 4. Sugars, starches, and cellulose products; 5. Legumes or pulses; 6. Vegetable oils and fats; 7. Fruits and nuts; 8. Vegetables; 9. Spices, condiments and other flavourings; 10. Fumitory and masticatory materials; 11. Beverages; 12. Wood and its uses; 13. Vegetable tannins and dyestuffs; 14. Rubber; 15. Medicinal plants; 16. Insecticides and herbicides; 17. Essential oil-yielding plants; 18. Plant diversity and its conservation; 19. Petrocrops: our future fuels; 20. Ethnobotany; General references; Suggested supplementary readings; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2016
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 249 mm
Gewicht	1230 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-13	9781107112940 / 9781107112940
Zustand	Neuware