Harvesting Herbs - 2000 : Proceedings of a Seminar on Harvesting Herbs - 2000, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants : An Action Plan for Uttarakhand/edited by A.R. Nautiyal, M.C. Nautiyal and A.N. Purohit. 1997, 196 p., $25.
Contents: Preface. 1. The universal interest of traditional medicine/H.F. Smit. 2. Indian medicinal plants as the potential source of therapeutic agents/L.N. Misra and Sushil Kumar. 3. A brief introduction to Tibetan medicine/D. Dawa. 4. Medicinal plants of commerce of Uttarakhand and problems of pytopharmaceutical industries/D.S. Bhakuni. 5. To work out the cultivation and marketing strategies for identified species and institutional strengthening for commercial cultivation/Ravindra Singh. 6. Medicinal plants - need for upgrading technology for trading the traditions/A.N. Purohit. 7. Research and development in medicinal and aromatic plants/Sushil Kumar and Anil K. Singh. 8. Research and infra-structure development for commercial cultivation of medicinal perennials in U.P. hills/Rajendra Gupta. 9. Agrotechnological gaps and focused required interventions for commercial cultivation of various medicinal and aromatic plants/Sushil Kumar and Samresh Dwivedi. 10. Medicinal and aromatic plants in the hills-identifying agro-technology gaps and some problems in their implementation/P.S. Ahuja. 11. Role of modern biology in herbal medicine/S. Natesh. 12. Medicinal plant resource management: current trends and future perspectives/R.M. Dobriyal and D.B.A. Narayana. 13. Promotion of medicinal plants in the hill region of U.P. - role of bankers/C.S.R. Murty. 14. Identification of the potential locations of medicinal plants in Uttarakhand/S.C. Mathpal. 15. Need to strengthen the Vaidyaki institution/H.S. Negi. Annex: 1. Summary recommendations. 2. Programme. 3. List of participants. Index.