Fenugreek

Fenugreek, a miraculous medicinal herb, can be extremely potent for diabetes, the most prevalent noncommunicable ailment in the world, and fenugreek seeds are well known for their medicinal properties that include relieving joint pain, lowering blood sugar level, restoring hair growth, as well as a dietary supplement for diabetes, menstrual cramps, and other conditions and to stimulate milk production during breastfeeding. Fenugreek is also a useful crop that helps to fix nitrogen in the soil, an important nutrient for plant growth. Keeping in view the tremendous medicinal applications of fenugreek, this new book offers a comprehensive review of fenugreek, highlighting its nutritional and medicinal applications while also discussing methods for enhancing its yield and quality by improving the growth, physiological, and biochemical parameters of the plant.

A combination of review and research chapters written by the experts from around the globe, Fenugreek: Improvement in Yield Potential through Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) and Depolymerized Polysaccharides, first begins with discussion of the origin and geographical distribution of fenugreek. It goes on to cover the characterization of bioactive compounds (BACs) in fenugreek and then presents effective methods to enhance the yield and quality. It examines the effect of plant growth regulators on growth and yield and looks at methods for heavy metal, biotic, and salinity stress alleviation in fenugreek. It also discusses fenugreek-enabled green synthesis of nanoparticles and its impact on growth factors. The influence of depolymerized sodium alginate on morpho-physiological and yield parameters of fenugreek is investigated along with ways to enhance the symbiotic nitrogen fixation of fenugreek.

This book provides valuable information on the medicinal importance, cultivation practices, and strategies to enhance the growth and yield of fenugreek that will be helpful for botanists and growers, researchers and scientists, as well as faculty and students.