Advances in Spices Research

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During the past fifty years, much research work has been carried out in various spices. However no comprehensive exercise has been made to collect the achievements of the past. Documents is as important as research itself. Without proper documentation there is always the peril of some one trying to” reinvent the wheel.” I feel privileged to present this volume to the spices workers of India. Everyone who matters in spices research in India has found a place in this volume as an author or coauthor. Every major achievements on spices, on which research work is going on in India, has been incorporated in the text, making this into a very valuable database. This volume contains 31 chapters, out if which the first seven are of general topics pertaining to spices and spices research. The first one is an introductory chapter that gives a detailed treatment on definitions, classification of spices, condiments and herbs and then briefly traces the history of spices in India from ancient to the present. This chapter also gives a general treatment on the use of spices in cooking, medicine, and their use as bioceuticals, and their use as bioceuticals, and also the role of spices in the socio-cultural history of India. The subsequent chapters deal with production and export, genetic resources, varieties developed, biotechnological approaches ad medicinal applications. I hope that this voluminous compilation will be useful to all those who are interested in spices in one-way or other. This will remain as the only single volume database on the first 50 years of spices research in India. I hope that this volume will be read and referred by students and research workers for many decades to come or as l long as spices research workers will remain alive through the pages of this book. I salute all of them, all those who have gone ahead, and all those who walked along. With all humility I place this volume before the spices workers of India and the National at large.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Johny A. Kallupurackal

Dr. Johny A. Kallupurackal, M.Sc., Ph.D., took his post-graduate and doctoral degrees in Botany from the University of Kerala. He started his career as a soil microbiologist, later became a spices expert. He was associated with the all India Coordinated Research Project on Spices (ICAR) located at the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), where he is now the Technical Information Officer. He has played an important role in popularizing spices research results through over 50 semi-popular and popular papers. He has also co-authored two books and 13 books chapters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR K Nirmal Babu

Dr. K. Nirmal Babu, Ph.D. had his doctorate from the University of Calicut and did Post-doctoral work in molecular biology at the University of California, Davis, USA. He has done pioneering work in the areas of genetic resources conservation, including in vitor conservation; crop improvement and biotechnology of spices, and is considered as one of the topmost tissue culture scientists in the country. He is the co-editor of the international monographs. Cinnamon and Cassia the genus Cinnamomum (2004, CRC Press); Ginger the genus Zingiber (2005, CRC Press), and Turmeric the genus Curcuma (due in 2006, CRC Press). He was a recipient of the ICAR Team Award and the Jawaharlal Nehru Award. He is currently a Senior Scientist at the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.N. Shiva

Dr. K.N. Shiva, Ph.D., had his post graduate and doctoral degrees in Horticulture from the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi. He joined the ICAR as a Scientist in Horticulture and for some time worked in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Later be joined the IISR and became associated with the All India Coordinated Research Project on Spices (AICRPS), where is now a Senior Scale Scientist. For the last few years he has been actively involved in the monitoring of the spices research programmes being carried out in over twenty centers under the AICRPS. He has published over 25 research and review papers and book chapters.

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Title
Advances in Spices Research
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Edition
1st ed.
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8177542605
Length
xxi+994p., Tables; Maps; References; Index; 25cm.
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