Overview
- Offers a treatise on Cardamom
- Insights of Cardamom as the economic mainstay of the developing world
- Informs on the pharmacological and culinary benefits of Cardamom
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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 catalogues the multi-scale impact of agronomy and economy on Cardamom, known as the “Queen” of spices. Cardamom is the second most important spice crop in the world, after Black pepper, known as the “King” of spices. Spices were the symbols of luxury and royalty, and cardamom was used in the manufacture of perfumes during the Greek and Roman times. It became one of the most important Oriental spices used in both Greek and Roman cuisine as well as its pharmacological applications. The book is divided into 15 chapters and concentrates on aspects of cardamom production and processing, the taxonomic aspects of cardamom, chemistry, pathology, entomology and is concluded with the future of cardamom. Special emphasis is given to the utility of “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept”, a soil management technique in precise fertilizer management, especially with regard to Potassic fertilizers in cardamom production.
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 Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum M.)
Book Subtitle: The "Queen" of Spices – Volume 2
Authors: Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54474-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54473-7Published: 06 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54476-8Published: 07 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54474-4Published: 05 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 352
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Geography, Food Science, Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology, Agriculture