S. L. Kochhar taught Economic Botany and Plant Physiology at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi for more than four decades (1965–2007). His areas of interest are botany, plant science, tropical crops and plant physiology.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Fibre and fibre-yielding plants; 3. Cereal crops; 4. Sugars, starches, and cellulose products; 5. Legumes or pulses; 6. Vegetable oils and fats; 7. Fruits and nuts; 8. Vegetables; 9. Spices, condiments and other flavourings; 10. Fumitory and masticatory materials; 11. Beverages; 12. Wood and its uses; 13. Vegetable tannins and dyestuffs; 14. Rubber; 15. Medicinal plants; 16. Insecticides and herbicides; 17. Essential oil-yielding plants; 18. Plant diversity and its conservation; 19. Petrocrops: our future fuels; 20. Ethnobotany; General references; Suggested supplementary readings; Index.

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S. L. Kochhar taught Economic Botany and Plant Physiology at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi for more than four decades (1965–2007). His areas of interest are botany, plant science, tropical crops and plant physiology.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Fibre and fibre-yielding plants; 3. Cereal crops; 4. Sugars, starches, and cellulose products; 5. Legumes or pulses; 6. Vegetable oils and fats; 7. Fruits and nuts; 8. Vegetables; 9. Spices, condiments and other flavourings; 10. Fumitory and masticatory materials; 11. Beverages; 12. Wood and its uses; 13. Vegetable tannins and dyestuffs; 14. Rubber; 15. Medicinal plants; 16. Insecticides and herbicides; 17. Essential oil-yielding plants; 18. Plant diversity and its conservation; 19. Petrocrops: our future fuels; 20. Ethnobotany; General references; Suggested supplementary readings; Index.

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S. L. Kochhar taught Economic Botany and Plant Physiology at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi for more than four decades (1965–2007). His areas of interest are botany, plant science, tropical crops and plant physiology.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Fibre and fibre-yielding plants; 3. Cereal crops; 4. Sugars, starches, and cellulose products; 5. Legumes or pulses; 6. Vegetable oils and fats; 7. Fruits and nuts; 8. Vegetables; 9. Spices, condiments and other flavourings; 10. Fumitory and masticatory materials; 11. Beverages; 12. Wood and its uses; 13. Vegetable tannins and dyestuffs; 14. Rubber; 15. Medicinal plants; 16. Insecticides and herbicides; 17. Essential oil-yielding plants; 18. Plant diversity and its conservation; 19. Petrocrops: our future fuels; 20. Ethnobotany; General references; Suggested supplementary readings; Index.

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