期刊名称：International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation
电子版ISSN：2141-243X
出版年度：2010
卷号：2
期号：7
页码：173-179
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：The study examines India’s performance in Plantation Crops literature published during 1998 - 2007. The study was undertaken using Horticultural Science Database. The plantation crops are high value commercial crops of greater economic importance and play a vital role in our Indian economy. India enjoys the pride of leading in the production of plantation crops throughout the world. Hence, the R&D activity is assumed to be very high on this subject. The major plantation crops are coconut, arecanut, rubber, tea, coffee, oil palm, cashew and cocoa. Amongst these categories, quantum of publications on ‘coconut’ is found to be the largest followed by tea in India. This paper investigates the most prolific authors, primary institutions and key journals in major plantation crops are identified and critically examined for its features.
