The book contains the information on importance and scope of area expansion of arid and minor fruits in the problematic soils, waste lands and non-areable lands. The information on nutritional value, anti-oxidant properties, taxonomic positions, bio-diversity, plant regeneration techniques, production technologies, phenology, post harvest handling, processing and value addition on 21 arid and semi arid fruits which are now picking up has been presented in this book. Latest information and data base with the help of pictures, tables, graphs and sketches on these fruit crops have been depicted in the book

By Vishal Nath and Dinesh Kumar