Handbook of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

The current book is focused on the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. This book is prepared according to the syllabus of the Vth Deans Committee of ICAR. The book deals with a wide range of topics which includes historical background, relevance of medicinal and aromatic plants, germplasm conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinal plants, herbal plants for production value-addition, cropping system in medicinal plants, propagation, posthavest and value-addition, methods of extracting essential oils, economic potential of cultivation of medicinal plants description of medicinal tree, medicinal shrubs, herb and aromatic species. Appendix and glossary of technical terms have also been appended at the end of the book. Presentation of this book is simple, lucid and unambiguous for easy understanding of the subject matter. We hope this book will be very useful to UG and PG students of agriculture and horticulture, teachers and researchers as well to get an indepth knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants.