Overview
- Catelogues the A-Z of Black Pepper, world’s most important spice crop
- Illustrates how pepper influenced humankind’s destiny
- Demonstrates Pepper use in human health and an invaluable pharmaceutical product
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Professor Nair is best known, globally, for developing “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept”, a revolutionary soil management technique that is changing the face of modern farming in the developing world. The recipient of several national and international awards for developing this concept and currently nominated for the 2020 Volvo Environment Prize, he has authored tenbooks, including “ISSUES IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE”, which was launched by India’s great President, the late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Raj Bhavan, Chennai. He has received six invitations to contribute invitational chapters to ADVANCES IN AGRONOMY, the magnum opus of agricultural science, a world record. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation. Currently pursuing global agricultural research, he lives with his wife, Dr Pankajam Nair, a nematologist trained in Europe, in Calicut, Kerala State, India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Geography of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum)
Book Subtitle: The "King" of Spices – Volume 1
Authors: Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52865-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52864-5Published: 02 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52867-6Published: 02 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52865-2Published: 01 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 162
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Sciences, Food Science, Plant Ecology, Economic Geography, Agriculture