The avocado: botany, production and uses [electronic resource] Edited by A. W. Whiley, B. Schaffer, B. N. Wolstenholme.
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TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2002Edition: 1Description: 416ppContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780851999784
- 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
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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.
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