Medicinal and Aromatic Crops: Harvesting, Drying, and Processing

About the Editors  Contributors  Preface  Chapter 1. Introduction (Serdar OEztekin and Milan Martinov)  Characteristics of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Production  Mechanization of MAP Production  Chapter 2. Harvesting (Milan Martinov and Miodrag Konstantinovic)  Introduction  Manual and Semimechanized Harvesting  Mechanized Harvesting  Transport  Chapter 3. Drying (Milan Martinov, Serdar OEztekin, and Joachim Muller)  Introduction  Hot Air Drying Parameters  Hot Air Dryers  Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources  Chapter 4. Mechanical Processing (Milan Martinov and Miodrag Konstantinovic)  Introduction  Predrying Processes  Postdrying Processes  Chapter 5. Extraction (Yurtsever Soysal and Serdar OEztekin)  Introduction  Conventional Extraction Techniques  New Extraction Techniques  Chapter 6. Industrial Utilization (Yurtsever Soysal and Serdar OEztekin)  Introduction  Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Purposes  Food and Food Ingredients  Herbal Tea  Cosmetics, Perfumery, and Aromatherapy  Pest and Disease Control  Nonconventional Uses  Chapter 7. Decision Making (Sait M. Say)  Introduction  Decision-Making Procedures  Factors for New Enterprise Decision  Financial Analysis  Software for Decision Making  Appendix. User-Friendly Software for Decision Making: FANE v. 1.0  Start Screen  New Project Screen (Data Entry Screen)  General Screen  Investment Inputs Screen  Seasonal Inputs Screen  Revenue/s Screen  Decision Parameters Screen  Results Screen  Index  Reference Notes Included