Medicinal Plants and Phytomolecules: Cultivation for Large Scale Production offers an in-depth exploration of modern cultivation and management practices essential for farm-scale production of phytomolecule-rich plants. As global interest and market demand for herbal medicines and botanical products soar, the sustainability of wild harvesting is increasingly threatened. This book provides critical guidance on transitioning to cultivated sources, ensuring both optimal yields and preservation of commercially valuable species. By focusing on sustainable production systems, readers gain a comprehensive understanding of how careful cultivation can safeguard biodiversity while meeting industry needs.
The book presents up-to-date information on the entire field cultivation process, including seed and soil preparation, nutrient management, agro-techniques, phyto-nanotechnology, and precision farming. Commercial producers and researchers will find valuable insights into innovative approaches that enhance quality standards for raw materials used across pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, perfumery, agrochemicals, and other industries. The volume emphasizes the importance of advanced agro-techniques and management practices in optimizing both quantity and quality of medicinal plant products.
1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants as Valuable Sources of Bioactive and
Nutritional Compounds for Different Industries
2. Introducing Wild-Growing Medicinal Plants into the Farming Systems: The
Need and Importance of Cultivation
3. How Seed Priming Technology can Improve Growth and Phytochemicals Status
of Aromatic Medicinal Plants
4. The Impact of Environmental Factors on Secondary Metabolites Accumulation
in Medicinal Plants
5. Quality Risk Management of Medicinal Plant Cultivation and Good
Agriculture, Collection and Harvesting Practices: The Insights
6. Improving Production Potential of Medicinal Plants and their By-Products
under Different Levels of Agronomical Practices: Planting and Harvesting
Time, Plant density, Mulching, Tillage, etc.
7. Changes in Yield, Metabolites Profile and Biological Activity of Medicinal
Plants as Affected by Chemical Fertilizers
8. Supplementation of Biochar, Green Waste Compost and Manure as Growing
Substrates and Organic Amendments on the Effective Components of Medicinal
Plants
9. Biomass Production and Phytochemicals Content of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants under the Influence of Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal Fungi and other Biofertilizers
10. Sustainable Water-Nutrient Management Technology of Improving Quality and
Increasing Efficiency of Medicinal Plants
11. Production of Plant-Derived Specialized Metabolites of Medicinal
Significance by Deliberately Applying Drought Stress During the Cultivation
12. Mechanization and Machineries of Medicinal Plants Production and
Processing
13. Co-cultivation of Medicinal Plants with other Crops for Enhancing Field
Productivity and Specialty Industrial Materials
14. Effects of Weed and Weeding on Quality and Quantity Traits of Medicinal
and Aromatic Herbs
15. Pests and Diseases Management Strategies in Medicinal Plants-based
Cropping Systems
16. Application of Plant Growth Regulators on Primary and Specialized
Metabolism/Metabolites of Herb Medicines
17. Phytochemical and Morpho-Physiological Responses of Medicinal Plants to
Biostimulants Application
18. Recent Advances in Nanotechnology for the Growth and Metabolism of
Medicinal Plants
19. Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Soils Contaminated With Heavy Metals:
Impacts on Biomass, Phytochemicals Elicitation, and Detoxication Pathways
20. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the Agroforestry Cultivation Systems:
The Challenges Associated Towards Attaining Sustainable Development Goals
21. Harvesting Patterns, Risk and Sustainability Aspects of Harvesting in
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
22. Efficient Utilization of Residual Biomass from Medicinal and Aromatic
plants
23. Bringing Medicinal and Aromatic Plants into Cultivation: Recent
Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities for Biotechnology
24. The Agro-economics of Medicinal Plants: Perspectives and Prospects with
Case Studies
25. The Constraints, Challenges and Possible Roadmap for Farm Level
Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Dr. Hatami obtained MSc. and Ph.D degrees in Horticultural Sciences from Guilan university (Iran) and is expert in Medicinal and aromatic plants physiology, Stress Physiology, Secondary metabolite biosynthesis pathway in plants, Plant nutraceuticals, Photosynthesis, Diversity of natural products, wild medicinal plants and vegetables, etc.
Dr. Hatami is a review editor, editorial board member, and guest editor of international scientific journals including Frontiers in Plant Science and Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering
Up to now, Dr. Hatami has published over 100 journal articles, and contributed in 25 book chapters. Dr. Hatami maintains a worldwide network and is a reviewer of many international scientific peer-reviewed journals as follows:1. Industrial Crops and Products/Associate editor, South African Journal of Botany, 3Biotech, Frontiers in Plant Science, etc. Dr. Ashish Baldi PhD, alumni of Sagar University and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, is presently working as Professor and Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy MRSPTU, Bathinda. With over 17 years of experience, 3 Patents, 2 Design applications, 8 books, 4 special issues, over 100 national and international publications, 14 book chapters, 35 Invited lectures, several popular articles, more than 160 papers at conferences/ seminars in India and abroad, and several best paper awards to his credit, he is an active researcher in various facets of pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology. Presently he is supervising 6 research projects granted by various Government agencies like Ministry of AYUSH, DST, ICSSR, ICMR, FITM. He completed 13 major and minor research projects and transferred 2 technologies to leading pharmaceutical industries.
