R.K. Maiti
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The existence of the human race has depended on plants to meet three necessities, mainly food, cloth and dwelling. In recent times, there exist a lot of vegetables which are not utilized for non-interest or poor knowledge about their possible uses. The main objective of this book on ‘An Introduction to Modern Economic Botany’ is to provide knowledge on the utility of plant species, cultivated or in the wild stage, which are closely related with different ...
One of the most important necessities in the economic development of a country is sufficient agricultural production for an adequate food of the populations. For this, it is necessary not only the application of appropriate agricultural practices for the production of these food resources but also it s adequate management during the recollection, storage and its transport to the centres of consumption, where we should offer food products which maintain a great ...
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the few crop species that originated in North America (most originated in the fertile crescent, Asia or South or Central America). It was probably a camp follower of several of the Western Native American tribes who domesticated the crop (possibly 1000 BC) and then carried it eastward and southward of North America. The First Europeans observed sunflower cultivated in many places from southern Canada to Mexico. Sunflower ...
There is great necessity of the management of crop plants which can solve the great problem of food in the aridand semi-aird regions and can adapt and produce in these conditions. The common names of pearl millets are Pennisetum typhoides (Burm), Stapf and Hubb and pennisetum glaucum (L.) Br. The actual name P. americanum is given by Clusias. Pearl millet is of African origin and Domesticated. According to Vavilov pearl millet is originated in Ethiopia. ...
The chili (Capsicum spp.), pepper, is an important condiment of high commercial value and also medicinal values containing antioxidant properties, anti-cancerous, and many other properties. It occupies an important place in the human culture since pre-history in many countries. capsicum is well known in the pre-historic Mexican culture such as Aztecs and Olmecas Capsicum belongs to the family Solanaceae possessing 10 species. Originating in the new world, the ...
The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is domesticated independently in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes, and now grown worldwide for its edible bean, popular both dry and as a green bean. As a legume, beans provided the nitrogen-fixing bacteria which supplied that essential nutrient to the other two crops. The common bean is a highly variable species. The commonly used beans are dry bean, green beans, Shelling beans, Snap or String beans, Shell beans, Pinto or ...
