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Fenugreek

Biology and Applications

  • First comprehensive volume on fenugreek and its biology

  • Covers the crop including agronomy, genetics, and pharmacology

  • Elaborates on the medicinal applications of the crop

  • Chapters contributed by key scientists who work on fenugreek

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Agricultural Procedures for the Cultivation and Production of Fenugreek

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Agronomic Practices in Fenugreek

      • N. C. Mamatha, Karthik Reddy Panyam
      Pages 83-97
    3. Various Diseases Incidence on Fenugreek Crops and their Management

      • Mahesh R. Ghule, Purushottam K. Ramteke, Sahadeo D. Ramteke, Hemmangee Jambhekar
      Pages 119-135
    4. Various Mitigation Approaches Applied to Confer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.): A Review

      • Rukhsar Parwez, Aarifa Nabi, Mohammad Mukarram, Tariq Aftab, M. Masroor A. Khan, M. Naeem
      Pages 137-185
  3. Chemical Composition, Nutritional Properties and Active Compounds of Fenugreek

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
    2. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum): Nutritional, Health Properties and Food Uses

      • Sanju Bala Dhull, Ankita Chandak, Pooja Bamal, Anju Malik, Mohd. Kashif Kidwai
      Pages 219-246
  4. Physiological, Biotechnological and Molecular Responses of Fenugreek

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
    2. Nodulation Process, Nitrogen Fixation, and Diversity of Fenugreek Rhizobia

      • Mustapha Missbah El Idrissi, Hanaa Abdelmoumen
      Pages 265-281
    3. Diversity of Trigonella foenum graecum Microsymbionts in Morocco

      • Mustapha Missbah El Idrissi, Hanaa Abdelmoumen
      Pages 283-299
    4. Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics Approaches

      • Spandan Chaudhary, Pooja Chaudhary, Shiv Patel
      Pages 355-373

About this book

This contributed volume brings together an inclusive collection of information about the medicinal crop fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum). Fenugreek is one of the medicinal plants important in the management of diabetes and contributes greatly in the alternative systems of medicine. These beneficial properties of fenugreek are covered in here. Further, this book explores the agronomy, biotechnology, genomics and biochemistry aspects of the crop. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, agronomists and biochemists. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for graduate students of agriculture and pharmacology. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

    M. Naeem, Tariq Aftab, M. Masroor A. Khan

About the editors

Dr. M. Naeem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Dr. Naeem received the degrees of BSc, MSc and PhD in Botany from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He is recipient of Research Associateship and Young Scientist Award from the CSIR, New Delhi, State Government of Uttar Pradesh, India, respectively. Also, he has received Postdoctoral fellowship of DST, SERB, New Delhi and UPCST, India. He is member of Indian Society for Plant Physiology, Indian Botanical Society, Society for Medicinal Plant & Natural Product, Germany, American Society for Plant Biologists, USA etc. His research focuses on escalating the production of MAPs and their active principles using a novel and safe technique involving radiation-processed polysaccharides as well as the application of PGRs under normal and stressed conditions.

Dr. Tariq Aftab received his Ph.D. in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently an Assistant Professor there. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. Dr. Aftab also worked as Visiting Scientist at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He has edited 11 books with with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 60 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

Dr. M. Masroor A. Khan
is affiliated with the Department of Botany, AMU, Aligarh, India. After completing his PhD, he joined Ohio State University, USA as a Postdoc. Before he joined as Assistant Professor in this University, he worked as Pool Scientist and Research Associate (CSIR, New Delhi). Prof. Khan has published 8 books and more than 200 research papers in reputed journals and books on the subject concerned. He has guided 14 PhD, 2 M Phil and 33 MSc students to date. Prof. Khan is working to promote the productivity and active ingredients of medicinal and aromatic plants using different strategies, such as application of mineral nutrition, PGRs and nanoparticles. Prof. Khan has contributed greatly towards the establishment of Radiation-Processed Polysaccharides (RPPs) as plant growth promoters

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fenugreek

  • Book Subtitle: Biology and Applications

  • Editors: M. Naeem, Tariq Aftab, M. Masroor A. Khan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1197-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • 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 Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1196-4Published: 06 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1199-5Published: 07 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1197-1Published: 05 October 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 537

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Plant Biochemistry

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Buying options

eBook USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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