This comprehensive manual serves as a handy reference guide, offering very useful information on 831 species of Indian Herbs belonging 559 genera and 161 families for Perfumery and Beauty Care. Over 30 colour photographs and 7 useful appendices enhance the value of the manual significantly. The information contained would be an invaluable asset for the economic botanists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, plant breeders and crop genetists, biotechnologists, aromatherapists, students, researchers and teaches of these disciplines and laymen alike. No botanical library should be without it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S K Sood
Dr. S.K. Sood is Professor of Botany at the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He obtained his M.Sc. (1974) and M. Phil. (1976) from Himachal Pradesh University and Ph.D. (1981) from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, specializing in Plant Systematics and Embryology. For his post-doctoral, he underwent specialized training in Ethnobotany. He has had a brilliant academic career followed by over 25 years of teaching and conducting research in Botany at Postgraduate as well as research levels. Dr. Sood has guided about 10 M. Phil and 12 Ph.D. students and published numerous research papers in various national and international journals. He has attended and participated in many seminars, workshops and conferences. He is also associated with many educational and research bodies in India and abroad. A prolific writer, his book Ethnobotany of Cold Desert Tribes of Lahoul-Spiti (N.W. Himalaya): Deep Publications, New Delhi, 2001, was widely acclaimed. His current major interests are in the theory and practice of systematics, flora of North-West Himalaya, ethnic tribes and conservation research.
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