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041 _aEnglish
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_bZEE
100 _aZeerak, Nazir Ahmed.
245 _aAgri-horticultural biodiversity of temperate and cold-arid regions :
_b Indian sub-continent /
_cNazeer Ahmed Zeerak & Shafiq A. Wani.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bNew India Publishing Agency (NIPA),
_c2012.
300 _axvi, 296 p. :
_bfigs., tabls., col.plts., ind. ;
_c25 cm.
505 _t01. Cereals
_t02. Pulses
_t03. Oilseeds
_t04. Spices & Condiments
_t05. Fruits and Nuts
_t06. Vegetables
_t07. Forages
_t08. Medicinal Plants
_t09. Ornamental Plants
_t10. Lesser Known and Underutilized Plants
_t11. Native Plant Bio-diversity of Indian Sub-Himalayan Regions - An Overview
520 _aThe book describes the existing Plant Biodiversity of Agri-horticultural importance of temperate (Kashmir) and cold arid (Ladakh) Himalayan regions of India. The diversity presented is based on actual survey conducted by the authors across the regions over the last several yeaThe contents of the book include the available varietal wealth, both in wild as well cultivated forms, existing within all major economic plant groups of the regions viz Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, Spice and Condiments, Forages, Vegetables, Ornamentals, Fruits and Nuts and Underutilized Plants. Technical, English and Kashmiri/Ladakhi names of plants of economic importance are given along with brief notes on their status and utility. The work will be helpful to researchers and students working in the fields of Plant Biodiversity, Plant Breeding, Horticulture and Economic Botany. It can specifically serve as a ready reference book for researchers and planners working on management and conservation of plant genetic resources of Indian Himalayan regions.
650 _aAgrobiodiversity -- India.
650 _aHorticulture -- Arid regions -- India.
690 _aDepartment of Horticulture.
700 _aWani, Shafiq A.
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