About the Book: Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops: Volume 03
The series Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops are reviewed in
several science journals for its uniqueness and richness in content and
botanical information. Enlarging the food base and food basket along with
validated information on plants for industry, dyes, timber, energy and medicine
is the core theme of the series. The third volume has 25 chapters written by 46
scientists from UK, Mexico, Spain, India, USA, Turkey and Nigeria. The crops
covered are atuna, African de bolita, capers and caper plants, kair, natural dye
plants, plants used for dye sources, underutilized wild edible fruits of Kerala,
bael, carambola,