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Minor Forest Products of India: (Non-Timber Forest Products of India)

Minor Forest Products of India: (Non-Timber Forest Products of India)

Hardcover

AgricultureEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 9389974836
ISBN13: 9789389974836
Publisher: Crc Pr Inc
Published: Dec 31 2017
Pages: 588
Weight: 3.60
Height: 1.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

The book is the first of its kind to cover comprehensive treasure of information on a wide variety of forest products i.e. medicinal plants, essential oils, spices, condiments and savoury plants, edible oil plants, gums, resins and oleoresins, fatty oils, tanning materials, natural organic colouring materials, katha and cutch, oxalic acid, fibres and flosses, beverages and narcotics, fodder and forage plants, saponins, fish poisons, insecticides and raticides, green manure, beads, rubber plants, plants useful for paper, basket and wicker work including canes, beedi leaves, misc. plants and animal products. Besides dealing with general importance, occurrence, extraction, processing, storage and uses of the products, group-wise, the book gives a list in alphabetical order of the more important product yielding plants with their botanical, English and local names, their rough distribution in the country, their agro-silvicultural practices, exploitation, processing and utilisation of more important species under each group. The book is profoundly illustrated with coloured images. This book is useful to: - Students of economic botany in the University colleges and serving foresters - Growers, processing and marketing agencies, manufacturers - Very useful, particularly in developing countries where there is rich flora and fauna awaiting proper exploitation, production, harvesting and utilisation

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