Ved Prakash & S. K. Sood 
Edible Roots and Underground Stems of Ethnic India [EPUB ebook] 

EDIBLE ROOTS AND UNDERGROUND STEMS OF ETHNIC INDIA The present compendium provides a very comprehensive and well illustrated account on this fascinating topic. It aims to familiarize readers with the enormous amount of base line data on edible roots and underground stems of ethnic India, and will be the definitive guide for our food security and alleviation of poverty and malnutrition. Salient Features *Simple-to-read *Well organized contents *Well illustrated comprising tables, histograms, photographs *Useful appendices Contents: Preface. Abbreviations. I. Man and Plants; II. India — Richness of Plant Wealth; III. Overview of the Work on Wild Edible Plants; IV. Presentation and Arrangement of Data; V. Edible Roots and Underground Stems of Ethnic India; VI. Epilogue; VII. Literature Cited; VIII. Appendices: Total Number of Edible Genera and Species of Roots and Underground Stems under Various Divisions of Plant Kingdom (Appendix I); Families of Edible Roots and Underground Stems of Ethnic India (Appendix II); Total Number of Edible Species of Roots and Underground Stems under Predominant Genera (Appendix III); Index to Botanical Names (Appendix IV); Index to English Names (Appendix V); Index to Hindi Names (Appendix VI); Index to Sanskrit Names (Appendix1 VII); Index to Regional Names Appendix VIII). Users & Beneficiaries: Post-graduate Students, Researchers, Teachers and Scientists in Traditional and Agricultural Universities, Plant Breeding, Economic Botany and Crop Improvement and Plant Genetic Resources Research Institutions.