Apples: botany, production and uses [electronic resource] Edited by D. C. Ferree, I. J. Warrington.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Botany, Production and UsesPublisher: Wallingford UK CABI Publishing 2003Edition: 1Description: 660ppContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780851997995
- anthesis
- international trade
- planting materials
- crop establishment
- organic farming
- angiosperms
- integrated crop management
- plant disease control
- plant nutrition
- crop production
- cultivated varieties
- Spermatophyta
- ripening
- economics
- Rosaceae
- thinning
- fruiting
- eukaryotes
- light relations
- planting
- pest control
- processing quality
- maturity
- Malus
- storage disorders
- rootstock scion relationships
- pests
- plant diseases
- flowering
- genetics
- plant pests
- eco-agriculture
- orchards
- plant disorders
- handling
- plant growth regulators
- organic culture
- cultivars
- plants
- pollination
- plant propagation
- endogenous growth regulators
- Rosales
- fruits
- planting stock
- site factors
- plant training
- propagation
- storage
- crop protection
- apples
- eudicots
- frost protection
- rootstocks
- plant protection
- pruning
- harvesting
- ecological agriculture
- Malus domestica
- postharvest decay
- Malus pumila
- systematics
- plant growth substances
- plant breeding
- taxonomy
- plant hormones
- soil management
- plant water relations
- temperature
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This book provides a comprehensive reference work, summarising our knowledge of apples and their production worldwide. It includes 24 chapters written by international authorities from the USA, Canada, Europe and New Zealand. The main subjects addressed include taxonomy and production statistics, plant materials, apple physiology, orchard and tree management, crop protection (including organic production), harvesting and handling and utilization. The book will be of significant interest to those working in horticulture and botany.
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