Horticulture has three major commercial branches: the nursery industry that supplies young trees and shrubs for fruit growers, gardeners and landscape designers; the plant growing industry that raises greenhouse and field grown flower and vegetable plants; and the seed-producing industry that specialises in the growing of plants for the their seed. This text not only delineates for the reader the processes, principles and practices along with potential and scope ...
Aromatic plants possess odoriferous and volatile substances which occur as essential oils, gum exudates, balsam and oleoresin in one or more parts, viz., root, wood, bark, foliage, flower and fruit. The chemical nature of these aromatic substances may be due to a variety of complex chemical compounds. Many of these aromatics are powerful germicides and have antibacterial properties, but the bulk of the produce finds use in perfumery and the food-flavouring ...