Principles and Practices of Herbal Garden

by Mazumdar, B C & P M Mukhopadhyay

ISBN: 9789354617508
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 8295.00
Biblio : x+225p., 8 col. plts., bib., ind., 23 cm

Author Profile

Prof. Bibhas Chandra Mazumdar has been in the profession of teaching and supervising research in some Indian Universities since the year 1971. He has made a significant contribution in the research on medicinal plants which is apart from other areas of his specialization that include galacturonate metabolism, plant protease, physiology and biochemistry of crop plants, horticulture and under-utilized fruits. In the above areas he has to his credit 10 textbooks, 126 research papers and 17 semi-research scientific articles published in journals and magazines of India and other countries. Paramita Mitra Mukhopadhyay had obtained her post-graduate degree in Horticulture from Calcutta University in 1999 and is now carrying out researches towards the Ph.D degree from the same University. Major areas of her specialization include medicinal plants, fruit and vegetable preservation, agricultural and horticultural marketing. She is also associated with developmental projects on medicinal plants in the rural sector of West Bengal. She is so far to her credit one textbook on fruit preservation and 20 research papers published in the above areas.

About The Book

Although medicinal plants attach a great importance in India where people belonged to different sections regard them as efficacious agents to combat many aliments, well-timed procurement of these material faces difficulty in many parts of the country as regular cultivation of them is not widely practiced. Relatively small-sized plantations may however, be set up by individuals or organizations for the purpose of meetings their own requirements as well as to those of the neighboring people. In such type of herbal gardens, culture of the plants is beyond doubt, to be carried out in a specialized manner, taking care to avoid contact with agents that are liable to cause pollution and thereby, health hazard. Having centered attention on this aspect, the present title has made an attempt to bring forward the principles and management of such gardens including the cultural procedure of some notable common medicinal plants. This apart , the title has also enlisted the principal medicinal properties associated with these plants.