Re: welcome to medit-plants

"Dr. Chiranjit Parmar (by way of Diane Whitehead)" wrote:
> 
> Dear Diane and Listmembers,
> 
> I am a horticulturist from India. I am 63 years old and currently working a
> Corporate Consultant on Lesser Known Indian plants. You may contact me in
> case you require any information or seeds etc. of those plants from India
> which are not commercial and are not ordinarily traded.
> 
> For over three decades I worked for Govt and Universities in India and a few
> countries abroad. Then I shifted to private sector. During the last five
> years of my employment career, I worked for Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc., a
> South San Francisco daesed pharmaceutical company and helped them in plant
> sourcing from India. I have travelled quite widely all over the world.
> 
> My research interests through out my scientific career have been wild
> growing unexploited or underexploited plants having a potential for being
> developed as new commercial crops. My several publications in this field
> also include a book, WILD FRUITS OF THE SUB-HIMALAYAN REGION. For more
> details about me, you may have a look on my CV at my website,
> <http://www.lesserknownplants.com>www.lesserknownplants.com.
> 
> I live in the State of Himachal Pradesh in the North West India. This is a
> hilly area having subtropical to temperate climate. My town, Mandi, is a
> small hill town having a population of 35,000. It is very famous for its
> temples.
> 
> Himachal Pradesh is one of the most horticulturally important states in
> India.
> 
> I hope that I shall learn more about fruits from you all.

Dear Dr Parmar

Welcome to this list. Yours is certainly a new field of expertise for us
and will be an important addition to the information already available
among list members. I am sure you will be able to make interesting
contributions to our discussions and I hope you will also find plenty of
interest yourself.

I am sure we would all like some infromation for a start off on some of
the lesser-known Indian fruits or other edibles which might succeed in
mildish climates with just occasional frosts, such as many on this list
enjoy/contend with.

I am not surprised Himchal Pradesh, with its range of climate zones is
so important in Indian agriculture. The range of growing conditions
seems to correspond quite closely with what we have to work with in New
Zealand, though no doubt more extreme because of the difference between
the large continental mass of India and our sea islands.

Best wishes

Moira


Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata NZ, 
where it's Summer in January and Winter in July.
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