000 02576nam a22003614u 4500
001 10.1079/9781789248456.0000
003 CABI
005 20231004110401.0
007 cr nn 008mam|a
008 230630t2023||||xxu fs| |0|| 0|eng||
020 _a9781789248449
_qelectronic
024 7 _a10.1079/9781789248456.0000
_2doi
041 _aeng
245 0 0 _aPeach
_h[electronic resource]
_cEdited by George A. Manganaris, Guglielmo Costa, Carlos H. Crisosto.
260 _aGB
_bCABI
_c2023
264 1 _aGB
_bCABI
_c2023
300 _a464pp.;
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_2rdaft
347 _bPDF
490 1 _aCrop Production Science in Horticulture
520 _aPeach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits. This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate change and shifting global and regional production practices.Written by an international team of expert authors and highly illustrated in full colour throughout, Peach presents information in an organized and easy-to-follow manner, with content including:· Peach tree architecture.· Rootstocks.· Cultivars.· In-field operations (irrigation, fertilization, thinning, harvest)· Fruit quality, composition and nutritional benefits.· Peach fruit growth, development and ripening physiology.· Postharvest technology, including supply chain management protocols.· Preharvest and postharvest diseases.· Biology and management of insect pests.· The peach canning industry.This is an essential resource for students and researchers in horticulture, as well as professionals in pomology including fruit growers, consultants and extension specialists, and cold storage and transportation managers.
700 1 _aManganaris, George A.
_4edt
700 1 _aCosta, Guglielmo
_4edt
700 1 _aCrisosto, Carlos H.
_4edt
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781789248432
830 0 _aCrop Production Science in Horticulture
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1079/9781789248456.0000
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/action/showBook?doi=10.1079%2F9781789248456.0000
942 _cEB
999 _c316039
_d316039