Ginger: The Genus Zingiber

ISBN-13: 9780415324687 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 576 str.

P. N. Ravindran; K. Nirmal Babu

Opis

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, biotechnology, production technology in the major producing countries, diseases, pests, and harvesting. It also explores processing, products, economics and marketing, pharmacology, medicinal applications, and uses as a spice and flavoring. Experts in the areas of genetic resources, botany, crop improvement, and biotechnology of ginger give an in-depth analysis of these key aspects, and each chapter concludes with an extensive bibliography.

Spis treści

Introduction, P.N. Ravindran and K. Nirmal BabuBotany and Crop Improvement of Ginger, P.N. Ravindran, K. Nirmal Babu, and K.N. ShivaChemistry of Ginger, Gaston Vernin and Cyril ParkanyiTissue Culture and Biotechnology of Ginger, K. Nirmal Babu, K. Samsudeen, Minoo Divakaran, Geetha S. Pillai, and P.N. RavindranGinger Production in India and Other South Asian Countries, E.V. Nybe and N. Mini RajGinger Production in South East Asia, Ai Xizhen, Song Jinfeng, and Xu XiaGinger Production in Africa and Pacific Ocean Islands, P.A. OkwuowuluDiseases of Ginger, N.P. DohrooBacterial Diseases of Ginger and their Control, A. Kumar and A.C. HaywardInsect Pests of Ginger, S. Devasahayam and K.M. Abdulla KoyaPost Harvest and Industrial Processing of Ginger, K.V. BalakrishnanProduction, Marketing and Economics of Ginger, M.S. MadanPharmacology of Ginger, Ikuko Kimura, Leonora R. Pancho, and Hiroshi TsunekiMedicinal Properties and Uses of Ginger, R. Remadevi, E. Surendran, and P. N. RavindranGinger as Spice and Flavourant, K.S. PremavalliYield Gaps Constraints in Ginger, K.V. Peter, E.V. Nybe, and Alice KurienOther Economically Important Zingiber Species, M. Sabu and Dave Skinner

O autorze

P. N. Ravindran, K. Nirmal Babu