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ABOUT THE BOOK

The significance of spices crops has been known since time immemorial in India. The India is known as home of spices, producing a variety of spices. Out of the recorded 109 spices, about 63 spices are cultivated in the country. In the recent past, the spice plants have gained importance worldwide. Spices contribute about 8.5 per cent of India’s export earnings from agricultural and allied products and 1.24 per cent of the total export earnings. India’s share in the world spices market is estimated as 46 per cent by volume and 27 per cent by value.

Looking to the importance and utility of these crops the book entitled “Production Technology of Spices Plants” is being proposed which will be useful for the under-graduate students of Agriculture as well as Horticulture of all the SAUs as it has been organised to incorporate the entire syllabi recommended by 5^th dean’s committee of ICAR. I hope that this effort shall benefit not only students of Agriculture/Horticulture but also those who are involved in the production and promotion of plantation crops, spices plants. This book includes information regarding package of practices of spices plants based on the personal experience, available research and reports from various seminars/ conferences/ workshop on these crops. The book is expected to meet the requirements of course recommended by the 5^th Dean’s Committee of ICAR

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

L.L. Somani is Retired Director Resident Instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 135 scholarly books in various field of agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honored with several academic excellence awards for his outstanding achievements.