Tropical fruits. Volume 1 / Robert E. Paull, Professor of Plant Physiology, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA and Odilo Duarte, Professor and Lead Scientist in Agribusiness, CENTRUM Católica Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú.
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TextSeries: Crop production science in horticulture ; 20.Publisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- Tropical fruit
- Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)
- Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Plant Morphology and Structure
- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
- Plant Production
- Plant Propagation
- In vitro Culture of Plant Material
- Weeds and Noxious Plants
- Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000)
- Plant Pests, (New March 2000)
- Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General)
- Crop Produce
- Food Storage and Preservation
- Food Composition and Quality
- Plant Ecology
- Taxonomy and Evolution
- Climatic factors
- Crop production
- Crop quality
- Cultivars
- Fruit crops
- Fruits
- Pest control
- Plant disease control
- Plant diseases
- Plant disorders
- Plant ecology
- Plant morphology
- Plant pests
- Plant physiology
- Postharvest treatment
- Propagation
- Taxonomy
- Weed control
- Weeds
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This book is one of the 23 volumes in the Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series focusing on horticultural crops from major production systems in temperate, subtropical and tropical climatic areas. The first volume on tropical fruits presented the general aspects of tropical fruit production and covered the major tropical fruits in the international trade, such as banana, pineapple, pawpaw, mango and avocado. This volume focuses on tropical fruits that are already well-known in the tropics but are just recently being introduced to larger temperate city markets. Each of the 12 chapters presents information on taxonomy, cultivars, propagation and orchard management, biotic and abiotic problems, cultivar development and postharvest handling. This book should be of use to all readers and students interested in an introductory text on tropical fruit production.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- The Tropics, Its Soils and Horticulture -- Cultivation -- Tree Management -- Postharvest Technology -- Annonas: Cherimoya, Atemoya and Sweetsop -- Avocado -- Banana and Plantain -- Litchi and Longan -- Mango -- Papaya -- Pineapple.
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