
- 576 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Ginger: The Genus Zingiber is the first comprehensive volume on ginger. Valued as a spice and medicinal plant from ancient times both in India and China, ginger is now used universally as a versatile spice and in traditional medicine as well as in modern medicine. This book covers all aspects of ginger, including botany, crop improvement, chemistry
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Yes, you can access Ginger by P. N. Ravindran,K. Nirmal Babu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Alternative & Complementary Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Preface to the Series
- Preface
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1
- Introduction
- 2
- Botany and Crop Improvement of Ginger
- 3
- Chemistry of Ginger
- 4
- Tissue Culture and Biotechnology of Ginger
- 5
- Ginger Production in India and Other South Asian Countries
- 6
- Ginger Production in Southeast Asia
- 7
- Ginger in Africa and the Pacific Ocean Islands
- 8
- Diseases of Ginger
- 9
- Bacterial Diseases of Ginger and Their Control
- 10
- Insect Pests of Ginger
- 11
- Postharvest and Industrial Processing of Ginger
- 12
- Production, Marketing, and Economics of Ginger
- 13
- Pharmacology of Ginger
- 14
- Properties and Medicinal Uses of Ginger
- 15
- Ginger as a Spice and Flavorant
- 16
- Yield Gaps and Constraints in Ginger
- 17
- Other Economically Important Zingiber Species
- Index