Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops : Vol. 4

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Management of genetic resources of horticultural crops in the emerging IPR regime/J.C. Rana and Sanjeev Saxena. 2. Horticultural biodiversity heritage sites/Anurudh K. Singh and J.P. Yadav. 3. Impact of climate change on biodiversity/Anita Srivastava and Om Kumar. 4. Role of sacred groves in the perspective of biodiversity conservation with special reference to Kumaon Himalayas/Tariq Husain, Priyanka Agnihotri and Harsh Singh. 5. Biodiversity in anthurium/Manjunath S. Patil and Anil R. Karale. 6. Capsicums and paprikas/K. Madhavi Reddy. 7. Chrysanthemums/P. Narayanaswamy. 8. Custard apple/S.S. Hiwale. 9. Jujube/Sunil Kumar Sharma. 10. Papaya/Sunil Kumar Sharma. 11. Potato/K.M. Indiresh and H.M. Santhosha. 12. Sponge gourd/D.K. Singh and Mangaldeep Sarkar. 13. Tamarind/V. Ponnuswami, M. Prabhu, S.P. Thamaraiselvi and J. Rajangam. 14. Tomato/Ravindra Mulge. 15. Aonla/Sant Ran and S.K. Sharma. 16. Bael/S.K. Sharma, R.S. Singh and A.K. Singh. 17. Citrus/T.K. Hazarika. 18. Okra in Thailand/Amnuai Adthalungrong. 19. Orchids in Arunachal Pradesh/Krishna S. Tomar and Sunil Kumar. 20. Orchids of Himalayas/R.B. Ram, Rubee Lata and M.L. Meena. 21. Temperate and sub tropical vegetables/D.Ram, Mathura Rai and Major Singh. Index.

Biodiversity of Horticultural crops-their conservation documentation characterization morphological and molecular description bio prospecting and studies on uses and product development are assuming considerable significance. Biodiversity is even described as wealth of nation and even linked to wellness and happiness of man and fitness of planet earth as his abode. Climate change, natural disasters like flood drought earthquakes and hurricanes and above all greed of man are shrinking the biodiversity spectrum. Number of plants in red data book is on rise and plants getting extinct are increasing recorded and unknown. There is limited interest in the profession of taxonomy.