chapter 1 Introduction / chapter 2 Botany, crop improvement and biotechnology of cardamom / chapter 3 Chemistry of cardamom / chapter 4 Agronomy and management of cardamom / chapter 5 Nutrition of cardamom / chapter 6 Viral diseases of cardamom / chapter 7 Diseases of cardamom (fungal, bacterial and nematode diseases) / chapter 8 Insect pests of cardamom / chapter 9 Harvesting and processing of cardamom / chapter 10 Industrial processing and products of cardamom / chapter 11 Cardamom economy / chapter 12 Properties and end-uses of cardamom / chapter 13 Cardamom future vision / chapter 14 Yield gaps and production constraints in cardamom / chapter 15 Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) / chapter 16 False cardamoms