......... deals with root and tuber crops, ornamentals, fruits , vegetables, herbs and spices and energy crops having considerable economic value, but not fully exploited.

Dr. M.L. Chadha

Director, AVRDC - ICRISAT Programme

 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

                 The present book is the second volume in the series Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops edited by Prof. K.V.Peter.  As in the 1st volume the present volume also covers 6 chapters on underexploited fruits, 5 on vegetables, 1 on tuber crops, 3 each on flowers and trees and 2 on spices.  Dr. Bhuwon Sthapit, IPGRI, Malaysia contributes a chapter on In Situ Conservation of Horticultural Crops.  Underutilized fruits of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are dealt with in detail by Dr. D.R. Singh, Giant Granadilla, Apricot, Low Chilling Peaches, Aonla and Ber are dealt by eminent scientists in respective crops. Dr. Umesh Srivastava, ICAR, New Delhi deals Genetic Resource Management in Cucurbits. Dr. Samadia from Central Institute of Arid Horticulture, Bikaner writes on Arid Vegetables. Dr. S.K. Pandey, Director, CPRI, Shimla elaborates Taxonomy of Temperate Underutilized Root and Tuber Crops. Underutilized flowers surrounding the homesteads are narrated by Dr. U. Sreelatha, Kerala Agricultural University.  An overview on Liliums is given by Dr. K. Valliappan, Mahua, Chironji and Drumstick are the trees dealt with.  Turmeric and Long Coriander are elucidated by Dr. A.M. Rao and Dr. P. Indira respectively. 

Contents

                     Introduction 

General

    Chapter  1. In situ conservation of Horticultural Crops

                        Bhuwon Sthapit 

Underutilized Fruits

    Chapter   2.Underutilized fruit crops of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

                         D.R. Singh       

    Chapter   3. Giant granadilla

                         T. Pradeepkumar          

    Chapter   4. Apricot

                       Deepa Hansraj Dwivedi and Sanjay K Dwivedi

    Chapter   5. Low Chilling Peaches

                         Akath Singh, R. K. Patel, K. D. Babu and L. C. De

    Chapter   6. Germplasm Resources of Aonla (Emblica officinalis)

                         Arun Kumar Shukla, Dhurendra Singh and Anil Kumar Shukla      

    Chapter   7. Ber

                         Anil Kumar Shukla, Arun Kumar Shukla, D. K. Sarolia and D. Singh         

Underutilized Vegetables

    Chapter   8. Genetic Resources Management in Cucurbits

                          Umesh Srivastava

    Chapter   9. Arid Vegetables

                          D. K. Samadia  

    Chapter  10. Cucurbits

                           D.K. Singh       

    Chapter  11. Alternanthera

                          P. Indira           

    Chapter  12. Hibiscus and Abelmoschus species of Potential Uses

                          K. V. Suresh Babu        

Underutilized Root and Tuber Crops

    Chapter  13. Taxonomy of Temperate Underutilized Root and Tuber Crops

                        J. C.  Rana, Pandey, S.K and Jaigopal

Underutilized Flowers

     Chapter  14. Liliums in India- An Overview

                           K. Valliappan    

     Chapter  15. Underexploited Flowers of our Surroundings

                          U. Sreelatha, Jyothi Bhaskar and Sobhana A.     

Underutilized Trees

     Chapter  16. Mahua

                          Sanjay Singh    

     Chapter  17. Chironji

                          Sanjay Singh    

     Chapter  18. Drumstick

                          Salikutty Joseph

Underutilized Spices

     Chapter  19. Diversity in Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.)

                          A. Manohar Rao

     Chapter  20. Long Coriander (Eryngium foetidum L.)

                          P. Indira