The avocado: botany, production and uses
The avocado: botany, production and uses [electronic resource]
Edited by A. W. Whiley, B. Schaffer, B. N. Wolstenholme.
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- WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2002
- 416pp.;
- CABI Books .
- CABI Books .
Over recent years avocado has become an important crop in many tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. This book summarizes avocado science and technology and reviews production practices on a worldwide scale.The book is split into 14 chapters and covers all aspects of avocado production and science and includes: history, distribution and uses, taxonomy and botany, propagation, crop management, diseases and insect and mite pests.
9780851999784
10.1079/9780851993577.0000 doi
systematics storage plant ecology eukaryotes plant diseases pest control Laurales growth cultivation plant disease control Lauraceae rootstocks vegetative propagation postharvest treatment transport Spermatophyta plants plant development genetics Persea americana cultivars transportation botany Persea plant pests taxonomy plant nutrition magnoliids plant breeding harvesting angiosperms pests packing biotechnology cultivated varieties fruits avocados
Over recent years avocado has become an important crop in many tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. This book summarizes avocado science and technology and reviews production practices on a worldwide scale.The book is split into 14 chapters and covers all aspects of avocado production and science and includes: history, distribution and uses, taxonomy and botany, propagation, crop management, diseases and insect and mite pests.
9780851999784
10.1079/9780851993577.0000 doi
systematics storage plant ecology eukaryotes plant diseases pest control Laurales growth cultivation plant disease control Lauraceae rootstocks vegetative propagation postharvest treatment transport Spermatophyta plants plant development genetics Persea americana cultivars transportation botany Persea plant pests taxonomy plant nutrition magnoliids plant breeding harvesting angiosperms pests packing biotechnology cultivated varieties fruits avocados