The Geography of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) : The "King" of Spices – Volume 1 / by Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nair, Kodoth Prabhakaran., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany.

Food--Biotechnology.

Food.

Plant ecology.

Economic geography.

Agriculture.

Plant Sciences.

Food Science.

Plant Ecology.

Economic Geography.

Local Subjects:

Plant Sciences.

Food Science.

Plant Ecology.

Economic Geography.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 162 p. 24 illus., 19 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

Summary:

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. .

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Pepper Plant—Its Botany and Chemistry

Chapter 3 Pepper Agronomy

Chapter 4 The Role of the Nutrient Buffer Power Concept in Pepper Nutrition

Chapter 5 Establishing a Pepper Plantation

Chapter 6 Pepper Pests and Their Control

Chapter 7 The Processing of Black Pepper on Farm

Chapter 8 An Account of Indonesian Pepper Processing

Chapter 9 Industrial Processing of Black Pepper

Chapter 10 The Future of the Global Pepper Economy

Chapter 11 Pepper Economy in India

Chapter 12 Pepper Pharmacopoeia

Chapter 13 Consumer Products Out of Black Pepper

Chapter 14 Value Addition in Pepper

Chapter 15 Conclusions and a Peep Into Pepper’s Future

PRECISE QUANTIFICATION OF PLANT NUTRIENT BIO AVAILABILITY FOR BLACK PEPPER AND CARDAMOM

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN SPICES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT!!!.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-030-52865-0