Black Pepper: Piper nigrumP. N. Ravindran Black Pepper is the first monograph on this important and most widely used spice. This volume includes chapters on all aspects of the crops' botany; crop improvement, agronomy, chemistry, post-harvest technology, processing, diseases, insect pests, marketing, economy and uses. All the available information has been collected and presented by experts for the use of students, teachers and research workers in the field, and will remain the major reference source for all pepper workers for some time to come. |
Contents
Botany and Crop Improvement of Black Pepper | 23 |
Chemistry of Black Pepper | 143 |
Insect Pests of Black Pepper | 309 |
The World Pepper Economy Developments and Outlook | 381 |
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