About the Book
The Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops series has been reviewed in various scientific journals for its unique and rich content, which includes botanical information. The aim of this series is to broaden the food supply and diversify the sources of industrial, dye, timber, energy, and medicinal plants. The third volume of the series features 25 chapters written by 46 scientists from the UK, Mexico, Spain, India, the USA, Turkey, and Nigeria. The volume covers crops such as atuna, African de bolita, capers and caper plants, kair, natural dye plants, plants used for dye sources, underutilized wild edible fruits of Kerala, bael, carambola, tropical plum, citrus, fig, guava, star gooseberry, hog-plum, underutilized leaf vegetables of the sub-Himalayan terai region, underutilized vegetables of Tripura, agathi and chekkurmanis, celosia, colocasia, edible begonias, kangkong, underutilized palms, and Atuna and African de bolita, which are new crops to the Indian reader.
The use of natural dyes is becoming increasingly significant due to the negative effects of synthetic dyes, which are allergenic and, in some cases, carcinogenic. Underutilized fruits such as bael, carambola, tropical plum, fig, star gooseberry, and hog-plum are gaining attention due to their ability to thrive in stressful conditions. The volume also highlights underutilized leaf vegetables such as agathi, chekkurmanis, celosia, edible begonias, and kangkong, which have been given prominence. The chapter on Atuna has been contributed by Prof. Ghillean T Prance, FRS, and the editor of the volume is Dr. K. V. Peter, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala Agricultural University.
Table of Contents:
General: 1. Atuna racemosa Rafin. (Chrysobalanaceae) by Ghillean T. Prance
2. Azafran De Bolita (Distaxis heterantha Zucc) : New Crop for Semiarid Land — A Food Pigment Producing Plant by Eugenia Lugo-Cervantes
3. Capers and Caper Plants — History, Taxonomy and Uses by Rivera, D., Obon, C., Alcaraz, F., Inocencio, C.
4. Kair (Capparis decidua) by S. Pareek & R. Paliwal
5. Natural Dye Plants by Cyrus MacFoy
6. Plants Used as Dye Sources by Dogan Y., Baslar S., Ozturk M. & Mert H.H. Fruits:
7. History and Development of Pomiculture with Special Reference to the Underutilized Wild Edible Fruits of Kerala, India by S.P. Mathew, S.M. Shareef, C.P. Koshy & S. Ganeshan
8. Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa) by Pandey D., Shukla S. K. & Pandey G.
9. Carambola by Sarah T George
10. Tropical Plum by Sarah T George & Rejina. K.
11. The Cultivated Citrus-Origin, History and Traditional Uses known in the Mediterranean Region by Ramon-Lacae. T. S. De
12. Fig by Sarah T George & Koshy Abraham
13. Guava (Psidium guajava L.) by K. Dhinesh Babu, Amit Nath, L. C. De, B. C. Deka & K. M. Bujarbaruah
14. Star Gooseberry by Sarah T George and Rejina. K
15. Hog - Plum by Sarah T George and Rejina. K Vegetables:
16. Underutilized Leafy Vegetables of Sub-Himalyan Terai Region by J. C. Jana
17. Underutilized Vegetable Crops in Tripura by M. Sankaran, N. P. Singh & Jai Prakash
18. Agathi and Chekkurmanis Nutritive Perennial Greens by K. Krishnakumari
19. Performance of Celosia argentea (L) as Influenced by Pollution and Fertilizer Application in a Typical Eustalf by B.A. Senjobi, A.A. Akinpelu, G.E. Akinbola, C.T. Senjobi S.A. Ayanlaja & A.O. Ogunkunle
20. Colocasia gigantea by My Lein T. Nguyen
21. Edible Begonias by Francisco Basurto Pena, Delia Castro Lara & Miguel Angel Martinez Alfaro
22. Kangkong - Ipomoea aquatica Farsk by Krishnakumari K.
23. Tree Tomato (Cyphomandra betacea Sendt.) by Sadhan Kumar, P.G. & S. Nirmala Devi Plantation Crops:
24. Underutilized Palms by S. Arulraj & B. Augustine Jerard
About the Author :
K.V.Peter: Professor of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, Kerala, India
