Abstract:Spice crops comprise diverse, economically valuable crops with numerous applications ranging from culinary to pharmaceutical industries. Spices are an integral part of cuisines worldwide, imparting characteristic flavor, aroma, and pungency to food. Breeding and crop improvement efforts in spices have focused on enhancing yield and quality parameters (essential oil, oleoresin, fiber, etc.) along with bioactive chemical constituents. The prominent breeding strategies followed are selection, hybridization, mutat… Show more
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