Book ID: 73597
Kant, Shashi and B. K. Kapahi
Dioscorea Deltoidea. 1998. V. 139 p. Hardcover.
Dioscorea deltoidea is the main species exploitet in India for theproduction of of diosgenin, a basic raw material for the steroidindustries. This book aims at an intimate study of the plant, itsdistribution, ecology, habitual diversity, range of variation inrhizome characters, mineral constituents and diosgenin content underdifferent climatic and edaphic conditions.