Considering the economic importance of Spices, Condiments & Plantation Crops, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops and Post-Harvest Management, ‘A Handbook of Horticultural Sciences Volume 3’: Spices, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops and Post-Harvest Management is prepared. Each chapter with respect to crops deals with origin and distribution, economic importance, species, varieties, hybrids and its characteristics, climatic and soil requirements, propagation, propagating materials and planting, cultural practices, plant protection measures, physiological disorders, harvesting, post-harvest handling and storage. Apart from the above information, separate unit on post-harvest technology of horticultural crops is included which covers the different techniques of post-harvest handling and management, and value addition of all kinds of horticultural crops.