Agri-Horticultural Biodiversity of Temperate and Cold-Arid Regions
Zeerak, Nazeer Ahmed & Wani, Shafiq A.
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Book ID : 39931
ISBN-10 : 93-81450-08-0 / 9381450080
ISBN-13 : 978-93-81450-08-6 / 9789381450086
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2012
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
xxii, 350p., Col. Plts., Figs. Tables, 24 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
The book describes the existing Plant Biodiversity of Agri-horticultural importance of temperate (Kashmir) and cold arid (Ladakh) Himalayan regions of India. The diversity presented is based on actual survey conducted by the authors across the regions over the last several years. The contents of the book include the available varietal wealth, both in wild as well cultivated forms, existing within all major economic plant groups of the regions viz Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, Spice and Condiments, Forages, Vegetables, Ornamentals, Fruits and Nuts and Underutilized Plants. Technical, English and Kashmiri/Ladakhi names of plants of economic importance are given along with brief notes on their status and utility. The work will be helpful to researchers and students working in the fields of Plant Biodiversity, Plant Breeding, Horticulture and Economic Botany. It can specifically serve as a ready reference book for researchers and planners working on management and conservation of plant genetic resources of Indian Himalayan regions.
