Underutilized Fruits: A Colour Handbook
by P C Tripathi
ISBN: 9789359195452
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 3795.00
Biblio : x+98p., tabls., figs., col., ind 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. P. C. Tripathi is working as Head (IC), Division of Plant Genetic Resources, IIHR, Bangalore. He worked as Scientist, Senior Scientist, and Principal Scientist, Section
In-charge, Head, Regional Station and Krishi Vigyan Kendra in different ICAR institutes and SAUs. He has been associated with more than 25 research projects including 10 externally funded projects. He released four varieties of fruits and identified 10 promising lines of underutilized fruits and develops 6 prototypes of equipments and 10 production and post- harvest technologies of mango, onion and garlic etc. Last ten years, he is working on underutilized and wild fruits. He published more than 100 research papers, 129 research abstracts, 49 popular articles, 40 technical bulletins, 5 books, 30 book chapters etc. He is associated with several professional societies and received several awards.
About The Book
Underutilized fruits are less-known, less appealing, less-exploited fruits which are generally used is smaller locality or region. These are rich is many vitamins, nutrients and nutraceutical compounds. The underutilized fruits may be categorized in two groups i.e. indigenous and exotic. India has a rich diversity of fruits and several fruit plant species such as jack fruit, bael, aonla, ber, jamun, mahua, phalsa, lasoda, karonda, wood apple, bilimbi, kokum etc. have originated in Indian subcontinent. Several exotic fruits such as rambutan, avocado, longan, mangosteen, passion fruit, wax apple, durian etc. were introduced in India from South America , Africa, south east Asian countries during last four centuries. These fruits are rich in certain nutrients and slowly these are making place in our food baskets. The precise information on these fruits is compiled in this book for students and general public.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface v
Introduction ix
1. Avocado 1
2. Badwapuli 3
3. Bael 5
4. Barbados cherry 8
5. Bilimbi 10
6. Brazilean guava 12
7. Carambola 14
8. Dragon fruit 16
9. Durian 19
10. Ceylon olive 22
11. Egg furit 24
12. Elephant apple 26
13. Governors plum 28
14. Hog plum 30
15. Jack fruit 32
16. Jamun 35
17. Jungle jalebi 37
18. Karoda 39
19. Kokum 41
20. Lasoda 43
21. Longan 45
22. Mahua 47
23. Malabar tamrind 49
24. Mangosteen 51
25. Macadomia nut 53
26. Miracle fruit 55
27. Molshree 57
viii
28. Monkey Jack 59
29. Noni 61
30. Passion fruit 63
31. Phalsa 66
32. Pummello 69
33. Pulasan 72
34. Rambutan 74
35. Rose apple 76
36. Sour sop 78
37. Strawberry guava 80
38. Surinam cherry 83
39. Tamrind 85
40. Wax apple 87
41. Wild jack 89
42. Yellow Mangosteen 91
References 93
Index 97
