R C Upadhyaya
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This textbook on Linear Algebra provides a modern, elementary introduction to linear algebra and some of its interesting applications, suitable for the students of mathematics and allied fields. It is assumed that the students are acquainted with the fundamental ideas of Set, Relations and Mapping. Some of the elementary concepts have been dealt with a view to initiate the more advanced treatment of the subject. The contents conform to the syllabi of several ...
Almost 400 species of edible fruits and nuts are identified and used either commonly or in a limited way in different countries of South-East Asia. The commonly cultivated species are about 20 in number. Fruits play an important role in the Asian society especially among the rural people.There is immense scope for increasing various processed products for which technologies are available. The expansion of grading and packing stations, their further modernisation ...
Vegetables and plants considered fit for human consumption, although they may also double as fodder crops for domesticated animals. Vegetable classification as defined by western culture derives in part from pre-scientific attitudes about the mythic world to which those plants belonged to antiquity. Development of improved variety and wider adaptability and standardisation for their production technologies for various agro-climatic conditions has made it possible ...
Flowering plants represents one of the largest groups of primary producers. Their contribution to the production of oxygen as well as that to the nutriments of animals and man is consequently large. Typically, flowering plants are organised into an underground rout and a shoot above ground that consists itself of a stem and leaves. The organs of a plant that serves sexual reproduction are the flowers. Part of the pollinated flower ripens and becomes the fruit. In ...
There is growing interest in all areas for storage and transportation of horticultural products, because the products are very perishable and because of the long distance between countries and their major export market. Reducing post harvest losses is very important, ensuring that sufficient food, both in quantity and in quality is available to every inhabitant in our planet. Reduction of post harvest losses reduces cost of production, trade and distribution, ...
Modern plant breeders and bio-technologists rely on genetic variation in landraces, primitive cultivars and wild forms to produce better adapted and higher yielding crop varieties. Therefore, it is vital that a wider range of germplasm is conserved, both ex-situ and in-situ, so that it will be available in the future as a resources for adapting crops to new and changing environment conditions and to sustain agriculture production and development. With regards to ...
Horticulture has a special significance for the economic development. Keeping this idea in focus, the present work has been compiled which contains experiences of the experts and related people. The book covers advances in strategies, production, plant protection, value addition and other important areas of horticulture development. The book provides practical information on production technologies of tropical and subtropical fruits as well as plantation crops ...
The use of plant-based products for diseases prevention and treatment has become increasingly popular in many societies. In industries, medicinal plants are used in the form of extracts with high and standardized contents of active constituents for pharmaceuticals and natural products industries. Aromatic plants and their parts are the source of essential oils, resins, turpentine, flavors and fragrances which can be used in the preparation of traditional ...
Spices are those plants, the products of which are made use as foods adjuncts to add aroma and flavour. It contains essential oils, which provide the flavour and taste. They also stimulate digestion on account of their carminative properties. Most spices increase the shelf life of foods, especially the dry varieties. Some are added to improve texture and some to introduce a palatable colour or odour.
The development of plant biotechnology has been related to the discovery of the growth regulators and their progressive introduction in tissue culture. The micro propagation technique offers not only means for mass propagation but also plays an important role to conserve elite or rare plants that are threatened with extinction. Moreover, meristem tip culture offers the possibility of virus eradication. These technologies started about 20 to 25 years ago, ...
Horticulture has a commitment that no other sector may perhaps come up as parallel i.e. in terms of its importance to achieve nutritional security and as a most viable components of environment friendly industrial base. With the rapid expansion of globalisation under the influence of WTO, the world market for agricultural and horticultural produces has been increasing very rapidly and this, along with the introduction of noble cultivars with accurate identify so ...
There has been a resurgence in the consumption and demand for medicinal plants. It continues to be an important therapeutic aid for alleviating ailments of humankind as pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals, cosmetics and food supplements. Given the demands of the market for a continuous and uniform supply of raw materials, and the increasing depletion of the forest resource base, expanding the number of medicinal plants in cultivation appears to be an important ...