TY - BOOK ID - 65497516 TI - The Geography of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) : The "King" of Spices – Volume 1 PY - 2020 SN - 3030528650 3030528642 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Plant science. KW - Botany. KW - Food—Biotechnology. KW - Plant ecology. KW - Economic geography. KW - Agriculture. KW - Plant Sciences. KW - Food Science. KW - Plant Ecology. KW - Economic Geography. KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Geography, Economic KW - World economics KW - Geography KW - Commercial geography KW - Botany KW - Plants KW - Ecology KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Phytoecology KW - Vegetation ecology KW - Floristic botany KW - Floristic ecology KW - Food KW - Biotechnology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65497516 AB - This book considers all aspects of black pepper from its growth, as a flowering vine, to how the dried fruit (peppercorn) is used as a spice and traded as a commodity. It is the economic mainstay of several India states and, principally, in Kerala State, with the Indian subcontinent being the largest black pepper producer. Indonesia has also emerged as a large producer of black pepper. Black pepper commands a leading position among the spices and has an immense commercial importance to world trade, finding its way onto the dining table of millions around the world, on the European and North American continents, and Japan. The use of black pepper ranges from a simple dietary component and flavour enhancer, to that of a spice with huge pharmacological benefits. . ER -