Underutilized Vegetable and Spice Crops
Language: English
Published by Agrobios, Jodhpur, 2008
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Contents Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Underutilized species importance and strategies for development and conservation. 3. Underutilized cucurbits importance and strategies for improvement and conservation. 4. Chow Chow. 5. Sweet Gourd. 6. Snake gourd. 7. Kachari. 8. Fig leaf squash or Malabar Gourd. 9. Stuffing cucumber (Meetha Karela). 10. Underutilized legumes importance and strategies for improvement and conservation. 11. Jack Bean and sword bean. 12. Winged bean. 13. Yam Bean. 14. Tree bean. 15. Lablab Bean. 16. Velvet Bean. 17. Broad Bean. 18. Lima Bean. I. Underutilized solanaceous vegetable crops 19. Tree tomato. 20. Bird eye Chilli. 21. King Chilli (World's Hottest Chilli). 22. Bitter brinjal. II. Underutilized tuber crops 23. Elephant foot yam. 24. Cassava. 25. Colocasia. 26. Coleus. 27. Alocasia. 28. Underutilized leafy vegetables Importance and strategies for improvement and conservation. 29. Curry leaf. 30. Basella. 31. Amaranthus. 32. Moringa. 33. Bathua. III. Underutilized shoots grain and fruit crops 34. Buckwheat. 35. Bamboo shoot. 36. Giant Granadilla. IV. Underutilized bulb crop 37. Leek. 38. Hookerii. V. Underutilized spices crop 39. Mango ginger. 40. Black ginger. 41. Long coriander. Subject index. A balanced diet is one which ensures at least a minimum supply of carbohydrates proteins fats vitamins and minerals. Underutilized vegetables can supply all the food elements needed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Major contribution of vegetables to human health is the large amount of Vitamin C and A and folic acid as well as good amount of dietary fibres and minerals. The phytochemicals in vegetables protect the human body from cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Leafy greens are rich source of calcium phosphorus and iron while leguminous vegetables are rich in protein content. Cucurbitaceous vegetables are very rich in fiber content. Underutilized vegetables and spices have immense potential to contribute location specific food production as they are well adapted to existing and adverse environmental conditions and generally resistant to pests and diseases. Furthermore these crops have long been a traditional part of cropping systems especially in home gardens. Their cultivation utilization and acceptability should not be a problem. This book comprises 37 under utilized vegetable and spice crops belong to 11 botanical families and present an expanded coverage of fundamental and practical aspects of qualitative vegetables and spices production. Exhaustive information has been given about the composition and potential utilization of different underutilized crops. The first chapter is an introductory while chapter second is of general nature which gives a detailed treatment on definition importance and strategies for development and conservation of underutilized vegetable and spice crops. 308 pp. …
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- Underutilized Vegetable and Spice Crops
- Author
- S K Sanwal
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- Agrobios, Jodhpur
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- 2008
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- Hardbound
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 8177543776
- ISBN 13
- 9788177543773
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