Ginger: Botany, horticulture

Horticultural Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 273-388

  Parthasarathy, V A ^a   Srinivasan, V ^a   Nair, R R ^a   Zachariah, T John ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Prasath, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ginger; Gingerol; Medicinal plant; Natural product; Shogaol; Zingiber spp.; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM; ZINGIBER; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 84868106954     PISSN: 01637851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118100592.ch7     Document Type: Article

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