The present book “Recent Advances in Seed Spices” is an attempt to compile information on status of seed spices, utilization of genetic resources, production technologies for enhancement of productivity and quality, protection technologies for the management of various diseases and insects, technologies for farm mechanization in seed spices, post harvest technologies for minimization of post harvest losses, interventions of biotechnological tools for spices improvement’ in terms of quality, transfer of technologies from research farm to farmers field, and use of information technology for spices trade. Hope that this book will be very useful to the students, spices research workers, biotechnologists, traders and exporters.

The present book “Recent Advances in Seed Spices” is an attempt to compile information on status of seed spices, utilization of genetic resources, production technologies for enhancement of productivity and quality, protection technologies for the management of various diseases and insects, technologies for farm mechanization in seed spices, post harvest technologies for minimization of post harvest losses, interventions of biotechnological tools for spices improvement’ in terms of quality, transfer of technologies from research farm to farmers field, and use of information technology for spices trade. Hope that this book will be very useful to the students, spices research workers, biotechnologists, traders and exporters.