Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Traditional and Commercial Uses Agrotechniques Biodiversity Conservation

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India is a veritable emporium of medicinal and aromatic plants growing up to 75 percent of the vegetable drugs mentioned in the pharmacopoeias of different countries. In addition to the medicinal herbs, aromatic and essential oil-bearing plants constitute an important group of Indian flora and a large number of them are used in the indigenous systems of medicine including some traditional drugs used by the rural population and the tribals. This book gives a thorough and complete description of the medicinal and aromatic plants grown in the Indian region.
A new section in this book has been added providing agrotechniques for the profitable cultivation of these plants, which can be adopted by the farmers and others interested in improving their yields from such farms.
The standardization of crude drugs as per the ISO standards is an important aspect that needs priority and has been discussed in the book. Different aspects of biodiversity conservation and the efforts to be made for systematic collection of the germplasm of the plants have also been discussed.
This volume aims to serve as a compendium for the detailed information on the subject and resource book for the scientists, drug farmers, export agencies and conservation managers to further explore the development of agrotechniques for the greater benefit of the Indian society.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.K. Gupta

Shri R.K. Gupta, is a disciple of one of the greatest saints of the Naqshbandi Order Thakur Ram Singh Ji, an officer in the Police Department of the erstwhile Jaipur State, who earned his livelihood by the sweat of his brow and reared his family. During his lifetime itself he had become a legendary figures because of his honesty and sincerity, and devotion to his Master Mahatma Ram Chandra ji Maharaj of Fatehgarh, UP. Born in 1950, the author had the fortune to visit his Master at the young age of 15 years, when his father, Dr. Chandra Gupta, took him to the pious feet of Thakur Ram Singh Ji. A man of few words, Thakur Ram singh ji left a deep impression and sowed the seed of Love in the heart of the author, in the first sight itself. The author spend his formative years from 1966 to 1970 under the gracious auspices of Thakur Ram Singh Ji and thereafter under Dr. Chandra Gupta, his father, who also was a great Sufi Master.

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Title
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Traditional and Commercial Uses Agrotechniques Biodiversity Conservation
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8123918143, 9788123918143
Length
xxvi+622p., 30 Col. Figures; 92 B/w Figures; Tables; References; Index; 25cm.
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