Prof. K.V.Peter
Prof. K.V.Peter
Prof. K.V.Peter: Former VC and Presently Professor of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, Kerala
There is Global concern on shrinking food base depending on a meager three crops-wheat, rice and maize-.New Crops are to be encouraged to fit into the changing food habits, life styles and above all climate change. Underutilized Horticultural Crops are getting attention world around. The High Impact Journal HortScience reviewed vol. II Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops and reported its global value. The series projects the nutritional values, ecological compatibility, fitness to ecological niches and above all optimum uses of natural resources like water, energy, space and time. Volume 4 deals with edible plant foods in Africa, African Leafy Vegetables, Amaranths, Chilies, Annual Drumstick, Clove bean, Cluster bean, Curry leaf, Ivy Gourd, Snap melon, Sweet Gourd, Teasles Gourd, Tree borne vegetables, Fruits of North Eastern Region, Dragon Fruit, Wood apple, Strobilanthes, Seed Spices, Yam bean and Trees for Energy. Twenty s in the 4th volume are compiled by the Eminent Scientists in the respective crops. The volume 4 envisages a world free from hunger and under nutrition and full of health and wellness.
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Edible Plant Foods in South Africa : New Light from Ancient Dwellers
African Leaf Vegetables
Amaranths
Chillies
Annual Drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam)
Clove Bean
Cluster Bean
Curry Leaf
Ivy Gourd
Snapmelon
Sweet Gourd (Momordica cochinchinesis (Lour) Spreng)
Teasle Gourd (Momordica subangulata Blume ssp. renigera (G. Don) de Wide)
Tree-Borne Vegetables
Underutilized Fruits of North Eastern Region, India
Dragon Fruit Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton and Rose
Wood Apple
Strobilanthes : Promising Indigenous Ornamental Plants from Western Ghats India
Underexploited Seed Spices Ajowan, Anise, Black Caraway, Caraway Celery, Dill, Nigella & Parsley
Yam Bean
Underutilized Trees for Energy
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