Book ID: 81255
Shiva, M. P., Alok Lehri and Alka Shiva
Aromatic & Medicinal Plants. Yielding Essential Oil for Pharmaceutical, Perfumery, Cosmetic Industries and Trade. 2002. 8 col. pls. VIII, 342 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Presents data of approximately 69 commercially important plants.Botanical name, family, trade/common name, local names, origin andhistory, habit, morphology, growth statistics, distinguishing fieldcharacters, distribution, access & vulnerability, genetics, climate,soil type, silvicultural requirements and characters, propagation,pest/diseases and their control/remedies, harvesting techniques, yieldper hectare, garding and processing, storage, value addition,active principles, closest substitute, physico-chemical properties,uses, production, marketing & trading channels, cultivationpossibilities.