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Ginger : the genus Zingiber
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ISBN: 042912077X 1280482486 9786610482481 1420023365 Year: 2005 Publisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press,

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Ginger: The Genus Zingiber is the first comprehensive volume on ginger. Valued as a spice and medicinal plant from ancient times both in India and China, ginger is now used universally as a versatile spice and in traditional medicine as well as in modern medicine. This book covers all aspects of ginger, including botany, crop improvement, chemistry, biotechnology, production technology in the major producing countries, diseases, pests, and harvesting. It also explores processing, products, economics and marketing, pharmacology, medicinal applications, and uses as a spi


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The agronomy and economy of turmeric and ginger
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ISBN: 129922444X 012394824X 0323282563 0123948010 9780123948243 9780123948014 Year: 2013 Publisher: Burlington Elsevier Science

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Turmeric has been used as a medicine, a condiment, and a dye since at least 600 B.C., while ginger has been used extensively throughout history for its medicinal purposes. The Agronomy and Economy of Turmeric and Ginger brings these two important plants together in one reference book, explaining their history, production techniques, and nutritional and medicinal properties in detail. This book is intuitively organized by plant and use, allowing quick access to information. It puts the uniquely Indian use and history of turmeric and ginger plants into a global context of produc

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