Agronomy and Economy of Black Pepper and Cardamom

Professionals, researchers, students, and government involved in agriculture and allied sectors

• Dedication
• Preface
• 1. The Agronomy and Economy of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.)—The “King of Spices”
• 1.1. Introduction
• 1.2. The Pepper Plant—Its Botany and Chemistry
• 1.3. Pepper Agronomy
• 1.4. The Role of the Nutrient Buffer Power Concept in Pepper Nutrition
• 1.5. Establishing a Pepper Plantation
• 1.6. Pepper Pests and Their Control
• 1.7. The Processing of Black Pepper on Farm
• 1.8. An Account of Indonesian Pepper Processing
• 1.9. Industrial Processing of Black Pepper
• 1.10. The Future of the Global Pepper Economy
• 1.11. Pepper Economy in India
• 1.12. Pepper Pharmacopoeia
• 1.13. Consumer Products Out of Black Pepper
• 1.14. Value Addition in Pepper
• 1.15. Conclusions and a Peep Into Pepper’s Future
• 2. The Agronomy and Economy of Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum M.): The “Queen of Spices”
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. Cardamom Botany
• 2.3. Cardamom Chemistry
• 2.4. The Agronomy of Cardamom
• 2.5. The Role of “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept” in Cardamom Nutrition
• 2.6. Cardamom Pathology
• 2.7. Cardamom Entomology
• 2.8. Harvesting and Processing of Cardamom
• 2.9. Industrial Processing of Cardamom and Cardamom Products
• 2.10. The Economy of Cardamom Production
• 2.11. Pharmacological Properties of Cardamom
• 2.12. A Peek into the Future of Cardamom
• 2.13. Large Cardamom (Amomum Subulatum Roxb.)
• 2.14. False Cardamom
• 2.15. Specification for Cardamom