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Contents: Preface. 1. Background of Medicinal plants Challenges and opportunities. 2. Importance of Medicinal, aromatic, plantation and under-utilized plants in national economy. 3. Classification of herbal crops. 4. Origin and distribution, adaptation, classification, growth and development in relation to environment, climatic requirements, varieties, agronomic practices for sustained production, harvesting, processing, marketing, quality aspects and uses of spice, medicinal aromatic and plantation crops. 5. Cultivation, Processing and Quality aspects of Medicinal, Aromatic, Plantation and Under-utilized crops. Practical: 1. Identification of crops based on morphological and seed characteristics. 2. Propagation methods used for medicinal, aromatic, spice and plantation crops. 3. Seed selection for different medicinal, aromatic, spice and plantation crops. 4. Seed treatment for spice, aromatic, medicinal and plantation crops. 5. Processing of some important crops. 6. Distillation process for extraction of essential oil of some important crops. 7. Key Recommendations.

This book will be of immense use in imparting knowledge on growing of medicinal, spice, aromatic and plantation crops. Moreover, it tells how medicinal, spice, aromatic and plantation crop plants form a numerically large group of economically important plants which provide basic raw materials for medicines, perfumes, flavors and cosmetics. Furthermore, these plants and their products not only serve as valuable source of income for small holders and entrepreneurs but also help the country to earn valuable foreign exchange by way of export.