PAPER IV: KUF 484- CULTIVATION AND CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS-

Definition, History of medicinal plant cultivation, Medicinal Plants of different climatic zones of Uttarakhand, Some rare, endangered and threatened medicinal plant species of Uttarakhand, Study of some following commercially important aromatic and medicinal plants: Trees: Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellerica, Phyllanthus emblica Rhododendron species, Taxus baccata / wallichiana, Azadirachta indiaca, Syzygium cumini. Shrubs: Vitex negundo, Juniperus communis, Woodfordia fruticosa, Cinnamomum tamala, Herbs: Picrorhiza kurroa, Aconitumbalfourii / heterophyllum, Valeriana jatamansi, Rheum emodi, Swertia chirayita, Ocimum sanctum, Mentha sp., Rauwolfia serpentina and Withania somnifera, In-situ and ex-situ conservation of medicinal of plants, Uses of medicinal and aromatic plants, Methods of cultivation of some medicinal and aromatic plants, Role of medicinal and aromatic plants in livelihood and income generation.