Peppermint Novel Strategies for Performance Improvement

Preface

1. Introduction and Brief Overview of Peppermint and Its Essential Oil

Hadia Shoaib, Ahmed Raza Sidhu, Umaima Ismail, Muhammad Ismail, and Abdul Waheed Chaudhry

2. Abiotic Stress and Essential Oil Composition of Peppermint: An Overview

Sailee Chowdhury, Subhabrota Majumdar, Koyel Kar, Dipanjan Karati, and Rana Mazumder

3. Influence of Selective Mineral Nutrients on the Growth and Yield of Peppermint

Mehtap Aydin

4. Abiotic Stress Alleviation in Peppermint Using Conventional Plant Growth Regulators

Neetika Kimta, Rajni Dhalaria, Shivani Guleria, Sivakumar Manickam, Kamil Kuèa, Richard Cimler, and Harsh Kumar

5. Influence of Selective Nanoparticles on the Growth and Yield of Peppermint

Filza Mustafa, Nayab Nadeem, and Amna Kousar

6. Abiotic Stress Alleviation in Peppermint Using Nanoparticles and Depolymerized Polysaccharides

Jafar Fathi Qarachal, Ehsan Sheidaee, and Pourya Bazyar

7. Influence of Radiation-Processed Polysaccharides on Performance of Peppermint

Ajmat Jahan, M. Masroor A. Khan, Mohd Gulfishan, Bilal Ahmad, Khan Bilal Mukhtar Ahmed, and Asfia Shabbir

8. Gamma Irradiation-Mediated Restructuring of Sodium Alginate Enhances the Content of Essential Oil in Peppermint by Improving Its Growth, Nutrient Content, and Enzymatic Activities

Bilal Ahmad, Tariq Ahmad Dar, Ajmat Jahan, Mudasir Irfan Dar, and M. Masroor A. Khan

9. Traditional and Pharmacological Significance of Peppermint and Its Secondary Metabolites

Mukul Machhindra Barwant, Balwant Singh, Sagar Bawake, Vidya Mhaske, Mehtab Yasmeen, Nitin Tanaji Gore, Mahendra Laxman Ahire, and Ajar Nath Yadav

10. Cropping System in Peppermint

Dharini Chittaragi, Lokesh S., and R. Suresh

Index

Biography

Bilal Ahmad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Higher Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir, India, specializing in plant physiology and stress biology. His work focuses on growth regulators, nanoparticles, and polysaccharides in medicinal plants. He has published widely, edited book volumes, and acts as a reviewer for international journals.

Tariq Ahmad Dar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Sri Pratap College, Srinagar (affiliated with Cluster University), India. He is a researcher in medicinal plants, focusing on improving growth, yield, and bioactive compounds using plant growth regulators and marine polysaccharides. He has published in leading journals, presented internationally, and supervised postgraduate research.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, with extensive experience in plant eco-physiology and biotechnology. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 95 books with international publishers, and also has to his credit more than 185 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 80 book chapters in edited volumes.