This book, with contributions from 40 scientists from 8 countries, summarizes the current research information on apples and their culture, and will be of value to horticultural students, research and extension workers, and professional fruit growers. The 24 chapters are presented in 6 parts. Part I, the introductory section, considers taxonomy, and world production and trade. Parts II-VI cover the following aspects: Plant materials (breeding and genetics, cultivars, rootstocks, and propagation and planting stock); Apple physiology and environmental influences (flowering and fruiting, water relations, light relations and temperature); Orchard and tree management (site selection and orchard establishment, nutritional requirements, orchard floor management, pruning and training, planting systems, thinning and the vegetative:fruiting balance, and endogenous growth regulators and growth regulator application); Crop protection (diseases, ecology and pest management, frost protection, integrated fruit production and organic production); and Harvesting, handling and utilization (fruit maturity and ripening, harvesting and handling, storage, physiological and pathological disorders, and production and handling techniques for processing apples).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taxonomic Classification and Brief History / J.J. Luby -- World Production, Trade, Consumption and Economic Outlook for Apples / D. O'Rourke -- Genetic Improvement of Apple : Breeding, Markers, Mapping and Biotechnology / S.K. Brown and K.E. Maloney -- Characteristics of Important Commercial Apple Cultivars / C.R. Hampson and H. Kemp -- Apple Rootstocks / A.D. Webster and S.J. Wertheim -- Propagation and Nursery Tree Quality / S.J. Wertheim and A.D. Webster -- Flowering, Pollination and Fruit Set and Development / F. Dennis, Jr -- Water Relations of Apples / A.N. Lakso -- Light Relations / L. Corelli Grappadelli -- Temperature / J.W. Palmer, J.P. Privé and D.S. Tustin -- Selecting the Orchard Site, Site Preparation and Orchard Planning and Establishment / J.A. Barden and G.H. Neilsen -- Nutritional Requirements of Apple / G.H. Neilsen and D. Neilsen -- Orchard-floor Management Systems / I.A. Merwin -- Pruning and Training Physiology / D.C. Ferree and J.R. Schupp -- Apple-orchard Planting Systems / T.L. Robinson -- Flower and Fruit Thinning and Vegetative : Fruiting Balance / R.E. Byers -- Endogenous Hormones and Bioregulator Use on Apples / D.W. Greene -- Diseases of Apple / G.G. Grove, K.C. Eastwell, A.L. Jones and T.B. Sutton -- Ecology and Management of Apple Arthropod Pests / E.H. Beers, D.M. Suckling, R.J. Prokopy and J. Avilla -- Apple-orchard Freeze Protection / S.D. Seeley and J.L. Anderson -- Integrated Fruit Production for Apples - Principles and Guidelines / J. Avilla and H. Riedl -- Organic Apple Production - with Emphasis on European Experiences / F. Weibel and A. Häseli -- Principles and Practices of Postharvest Handling and Stress / C.B. Watkins -- Production and Handling Techniques for Processing Apples / R.M. Crassweller and G.M. Greene, II.

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