India being "The Home of Spices" and main producer, consumer and exporter in the global scenario. These spices impart flavour, aroma, pungency and make food tasty, nutritious to improve the health, besides their manifold medicinal and industrial uses. Therefore, the modern technology for spice crops has the potential to improve and boost spice industry. The present book is designed to frame the scattered information from various sources by the personal experinece of the author and various contributors. The information generated is based on both practical and theoretical experience of all the contributors. Emphasis is given to history, present, past and future status, quality components, value added products, role of biotechnology, post harvest management, economics, lesser known spices, research information, diseases and insect-pests of spices.The book also include the detail information of important spices grown under varied climates of the country. The book will serve as guide to all concerned with spice industry directly and indirectly.
