Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) - World's Invaluable Medicinal Spices
This book discusses the various aspects, from production to marketing of turmeric and ginger, the world’s two most important and invaluable medicinal spice crops. The book begins with their origin and history, global spread, and goes on to descr
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) - World’s Invaluable Medicinal Spices The Agronomy and Economy of Turmeric and Ginger
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) - World’s Invaluable Medicinal Spices
India’s great President, late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, launching the book Issues in National and International Agriculture authored by Professor Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair, in Raj Bhavan, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) - World’s Invaluable Medicinal Spices The Agronomy and Economy of Turmeric and Ginger
Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair International Agricultural Scientist Calicut, Kerala, India
ISBN 978-3-030-29188-4 ISBN 978-3-030-29189-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29189-1
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This book, written under very trying circumstances, is dedicated to my wife, Pankajam, a Nematologist trained in Europe but one who gave up her profession and, instead, chose to be a homemaker almost four decades ago, when we had our son and daughter. She is my all, and she sustains me in this difficult journey, that is, life.
Contents
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Turmeric: Origin and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Area and Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Global Turmeric Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Botany of Turmeric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
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