Underutilized Fruit Crops of Indian Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Importance, Conservation and Utilization Strategies

Nowadays, there is a large demand for nutrient-dense fruits to promote nutritional and metabolic human health. The production of commercial fruit crops becoming progressively input-dependent cope with the losses caused by biotic abiotic stresses. A wide variety underutilized crops, which are neither commercially cultivated nor traded on scale, mainly grown, commercialized consumed locally. These have many advantages in terms ease grow, hardiness resilience climate changes compared major grown crops. In addition, they exceptionally rich important phytochemicals medicinal value. Hence, their consumption may help meet needs rural populations, such as those living fragile arid semi-arid regions around world. local people well aware properties these Therefore, emphasis must be given rigorous study conservation characterization so that future food basket widened enhancing its functional values. this review, we described ethnobotany, values, biodiversity utilization strategies 19 climate-resilient important, (Indian jujube, Indian gooseberry, lasora, bael, kair, karonda, tamarind, wood apple, custard jamun, jharber, mahua, pilu, khejri, mulberry, chironji, manila timroo, khirni).