Black Pepper: Piper nigrum

by Ravindran; P. N.

• ISBN13: 9789057024535
• ISBN10: 9057024535
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-07
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface to the Series	xi
Preface	xiii
Contributors	xv
Acknowledgements	xix
Introduction	1	(22)
P.N. Ravindran
Botany and Crop Improvement of Black Pepper	23	(120)
P.N. Ravindran
K. Nirmal Babu
B. Sasikumar
K.S. Krishnamurthy
Chemistry of Black Pepper	143	(20)
C.S. Narayanan
Agronomy and Nutrition of Black Pepper	163	(76)
A.K. Sadanandan
Management of Pepper in Indonesia	225	(14)
Pasril Wahid
Diseases of Black Pepper	239	(70)
M. Anandaraj
Nematode Induced Diseases of Black Pepper	269	(28)
K.V. Ramana
Santhosh J. Eapen
Diseases of Black Pepper and Their Management in Indonesia	297	(12)
D. Sitepu
I. Mustika
Insect Pests of Black Pepper	309	(26)
S. Devasahayam
On Farm Processing of Black Pepper	335	(46)
T. John Zachariah
Pepper Processing - The Indonesian Scenario	355	(12)
Risfaheri
N. Nurdjannah
Industrial Processing and Products of Black Pepper	367	(14)
C.S. Narayanan
M.M. Sree Kumar
B. Sankarikutty
The World Pepper Economy - Developments and Outlook	381	(74)
Kees Burger
Hidde P. Smit
Economy and Marketing of Black Pepper in India	425	(16)
K. Mukundan
P. Indira Devi
Economy and Marketing of Black Pepper: The Malaysian Scenario	441	(14)
M.G. Kanbur
Anandan Adnan Abdullah
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Applications of Black Pepper	455	(26)
K.K. Vijayan
R.V. Ajithan Thampuran
End Uses of Black Pepper	467	(14)
P.N. Ravindran
Indira Balachandran
B. Chempakam
Futurology of Black Pepper	481	(8)
K.V. Peter
Conclusions: Constraints and Yield Gaps in Black Pepper	489	(8)
P.N. Ravindran
Other Economically Important Species of Piper	497	(14)
P.N. Ravindran
Annexure I ISO Draft Standards for Black Pepper	511	(16)
Index	527
Author index
Subject index