Description
Book SynopsisThis book contains valuable information about the cardamom. The cultivation, botany, plant breeding, biotechnology, phytochemical analysis, pest and disease management and pesticide residues of cardamom [Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton] are well described. This book also analyses the phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of cardamom that are used to design novel drugs and to increase its value to the food and pharmaceutical industries. The book is aimed at researchers, academicians, pharmacologists, nutritionists, chemists, biotechnologists, and post-graduate and doctoral students involved in related research activities as well as cardamom planters.
Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; History of Land and Agriculture in the Indian Cardamom Hills; Cultivation, Harvesting, Processing and Products of Cardamom; Plant Breeding Approaches for Cardamom Improvement; Biotechnological Applications for Cardamom Improvement; Pest Complex in Cardamom and Their Management; Diseases of Small Cardamom and Their Management; Bio-Pesticides for the Management of Pests and Diseases in Cardamom; Pesticide Residues in Cardamom; Cardamom as a Source of Biologically Active Compounds: Essential Oil and Biological Activity; Phytochemical Analysis and Pharmacological Potential of Cardamom; Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Cardamom Extracts; Ethnopharmacology and Phytochemistry of Cardamom; About the Editors; Index.
