CONTENTS:-
1. TRADITIONAL AND MEDICINAL USES:
i. Spices and Condiments: A Brief Overview
ii. Medicinal Uses of Some Spice Plants as in Ancient Literature
iii. Ancient Uses of Spices
iv. Spices: Valued for More than Taste and Flavour of Foods
v. Preliminary Screening for Antimicrobial Activity of Indian Spice
vi. Antimicrobial Activities of Ajowain and Cumin
vii. Spices and Medicinal Plants in Tribal Medicines of Bankura District, West Bengal
viii. Ethno medicinal Plants as Antidote for Poisonous Bites among the Tribals of Southern Western Ghats, India
2. CULTIVATION/MICRO PROPAGATION/TISSUE CULTURE:
i. Exploiting Forest and Plantation Products
ii. Coffee
iii. Vanilla: An Orchid Spice Flavour
iv. Collection, Classification and Evaluation of Ecotypes of Byadgi Cultivar of Chilli in Dharwad District of Karnataka
v. Certain Preliminary Observations on the Micro propagation of the Antidiabetic Herb Gymnema sylvestre R. Br
vi. In Vitro Induction of Axillary Branching in the Medicinal Plant Acalypha fructicosa Forsk
vii. In Vitro Propagation of Scoparia dulcis Linn. A Medicinal Herb
viii. Role of Biotechnology in the Improvement of Bioactive Compounds with Special Reference to the Medicinal Plant
ix. Influence of Growth Phases on total Alkaloid Content in Croton sparsiflorus MORONG
x. Triallel Analysis for Pungency in Chilli
xi. Study of Biodiversity and Inter-relationship in Genetic Stock of Horsegram Macrotylona uniflorum (lam Verd)
xii. Tissue Culture Studies in Azadirachta indica and Cassia fistula
3. PRESERVATION, PROCESSING AND TRADE:
i. Storability of Cultivars under Ambient Conditions
ii. Fruit and Seed Quality of Chilli as influenced by Drying Methods
iii. Cultural Practices for Control of Blight Diseases of Cumin Crop
iv. Effect of Age on Tuber Yield in Shatavar (Asparagus recemosus Linn)
v. Processing and Packaging of Herbal/Medicinal Products and Role of APEDA and its Assistance Programmes
vi. Production and Export of Spices from India
vii. Cultivation and Processing of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Opportunities for Upliftment of Rural Economy
viii. Unani Formulations and their Quality Control: Development of a Modified Pyknometer
