TY - BOOK AU - Menzel,C.M. AU - Waite,G.K. ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Litchi and longan: botany, production and uses AV - SB379.L8 L58 2005eb U1 - 634.6 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Litchi KW - Longan KW - Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) KW - Plant Breeding and Genetics KW - Plant Production KW - Plant Propagation KW - Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000) KW - Plant Pests, (New March 2000) KW - Biological Resources (Plant) KW - Crop Produce KW - Food Storage and Preservation KW - Food Composition and Quality KW - Taxonomy and Evolution KW - Dimocarpus longan KW - cabt KW - Litchi chinensis KW - Breeding methods KW - Crop production KW - Crop quality KW - Flowering KW - Fruit set KW - Geographical distribution KW - Longans KW - Plant development KW - Plant diseases KW - Plant pathogens KW - Plant pests KW - Postharvest treatment KW - Processing KW - Propagation KW - Storage quality KW - Taxonomy KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Origin, History, Production and Processing / Xuming Huang, Suranant Subhadrabandhu, Sisir K. Mitra, Ruth Ben-Arie and Raphael A. Stern -- Taxonomy, Botany and Plant Development / Suranant Subhadrabandhu and Raphael A. Stern -- Propagation / Sisir K. Mitra and Pravat K. Ray -- Biotechnology / Richard E. Litz, Simon Raharjo, Kazumitsu Matsumoto and Witjaksono -- Cultivars and Plant Improvement / Christopher M. Menzel, Xuming Huang and Chengming Liu -- Flowering / Tom L. Davenport and Raphael A. Stern -- Fruit Set, Development and Maturation / Huibai Huang (litchi) and Raphael A. Stern (longan) -- Fruit Disorders / Xuming Huang -- Photosynthesis and Productivity / Christopher M. Menzel -- Plant Water Relations and Irrigation / Christopher M. Menzel -- Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing / Christopher M. Menzel -- Pests / Geoff K. Waite -- Diseases / Lindy Coates, Erxun Zhou and Chatree Sittigul -- Harvesting and Storage / Deirdre M. Holcroft, Hetong Lin and Saichol Ketsa; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - Litchi and the related fruit longan are grown extensively in China and South East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA), southern Europe and southern Africa. This book represents the only comprehensive balanced and internationally focused publication on these fruits. It covers all aspects of production, from taxonomy and breeding to propagation, flowering and fruit set, diseases, pests and postharvest storage and processing UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851996967.0000 ER -