TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bharathi,L.K.
AU  - John,K Joseph
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Momordica genus in Asia - An Overview
SN  - 9788132210320
AV  - QK1-989 
U1  - 580 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - India
PB  - Springer India, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Plant science
KW  - Botany
KW  - Plant genetics
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Plant Sciences
KW  - Medicine/Public Health, general
KW  - Plant Genetics & Genomics
KW  - Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
KW  - Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
N1  - 1.Introduction -- 2.Description and Crop production -- 3.Origin, Domestication and Distribution -- 4.Taxonomy and Biosystematics -- 5.Ethnobotany and Nutritive value -- 6.Cytogenetics and Genetics -- 7.Genetic Resources, Germplasm Characterization/Evaluation and Maintenance -- 8.Crop Improvement
N2  - Asiatic Momordica comprises 10 species of which 3 are monoecious and rest dioecious. They are unique in the sense that all are wild or cultivated vegetables with medicinal uses. Barring bitter gourd, all are under utilized vegetables with little research and conservation efforts. In this book, the authors have presented the available information on various aspects of Asiatic Momordica like taxonomy, cytogenetics, crop improvement, origin, ethnobotany and crop production at one place. The book is well illustrated with color maps and photographs depicting habit, morphology and distribution of individual taxa. Species distribution map for all Indian taxa, descriptor for characterization and preliminary evaluation of dioecious and monoecious group available varieties, keys for botanical identification are some of the unique features of the book. The book will be useful to botanists, horticulturists, foresters, environment educators, conservation biologists, plant science students in general and all interested in agrobiodiversity
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1032-0
ER  -