Chapter 1. History of medicinal plants research in India; P. Pushpangadan<br> Chapter 2. Importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in our day-to-day life; A.J. Rajamma , S.B.Sateesha and Raman Dang<br> Chapter 3. Major diseases of important medicinal and aromatic plants An Indian subcontinent perspective; Abdul Khaliq and Abdul Samad<br> Chapter 4. Introduction to MAPs in India : Distribution , diversity and conservation and uses; P. Manvel<br> Chapter 5. Diversity of MAPs in India and its potential; A. Geetha<br> Chapter 6. Ethnomedicinal , phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of Arnebia species; Bharat Singh and Vinay Sharma<br> Chapter 7. Diversity of medicinal and aromatic plants with special reference to endemic plants of India; Atiya Khanum<br> Chapter 8. Distribution, chemical composition and ethnomedicinal appraisal of endangered medicinal plants of Kashmir Himalaya , India; Haleema Bano , M. Ashraf Bhat , M.A.A. Siddique and F.A.Lone<br> Chapter 9. Chemical diversity and ethnobotanical survey of Indian MAP species; Satyanshu Kumar<br> Chapter 10. Traditional uses of medicinal and aromatic plants among Indian tribes; Afroz Alam<br> Chapter 11. Opportunities and challenges in ethnobotanical survey of Indian medicinal and aromatic plants; Sagarika Damle<br> Chapter 12. Breeding of MAPs in India : Achievements and prospects; Himabindu and P. Manivel<br> Chapter 13. Conservation of wild MAPs : Constraints achievements and prospects; P.E. Rajasekharan<br> Chapter 14. Quality assurance and quality control of MAPs in India; Kuntal Das<br> Chapter 15. Chromatographic analysis of medicinal plants for quality control; Rabia Parveen and Sayeed Ahmad<br> Chapter 16. Expanding horizones : Role of biotechnology in MAP research, production and utilization; Nupur Mehrotra<br> Chapter 17. Role of biotechnology in MAP research, production and utilization; R. Nagaraja Reddy<br> Chapter 18. Integrated transcriptomics and proteomics approaches to study secondary metabolic pathways in medicinal plants: Recend trends; Archana Giri and C. C. Giri<br> Chapter 19. Demand and use of medicinal plants of India; Rekha R. Warrier<br> Chapter 20. Major diseases of medicinal and aromatic plants : An overview of constraints in production and management strategies; G. Thiribhuvanmala<br> Chapter 21. Role of medicinal and aromatic plants in the cosmetic industry; Ahmad Ali<br> Chapter 22. Harbouring the potential of medicinal and aromatic plants of India: A biotechnological approach; Saahithya Rajamohan<br> Chapter 23. Quality assurance of cultivated and aromatic plants : Good agricultural and collection practices (GAP and GCP); V. K. Madan<br> Chapter 24. Breeding and Germplasm preservation of medicinal and aromatic plants of India; L. Nalina<br>