The book covers exhaustive review on all aspects of spices, namely, culti¬vation, breeding, biotechnology, pests and diseases and post harvest handling. Very eminent and authoritative scientists have contributed the chapters. The books will be of great use to all the researchers, policy makers, extension workers and students. It will be a great guide to those preparing for ARS examination of ICAR. We thank Mr.Sudhakaran for the design of cover page and the Indian Institute of Spices Research for providing the photographs and figures.

By V. P. Parthasarathy and Utapla Parthasarathy