The Avocado ：Botany, Production and Uses

Publication subTitle ：Botany, Production and Uses

Author： Whiley A.W.; Schaffer B.; Wolstenholme B.N.

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2002

E-ISBN: 9780851999784

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780851993577

Subject： S6 Gardening

Keyword： Horticulture

Language： ENG

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Description

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.

Chapter

Colour Plates

Contributors

Preface

1 History, Distribution and Uses

2 Taxonomy and Botany

3 Genetics and Classical Breeding

4 Ecology: Climate and the Edaphic Environment

5 Reproductive Biology

6 Environmental Physiology

7 Cultivars and Rootstocks

8 Propagation

9 Biotechnology

10 Crop Management

11 Irrigation and Mineral Nutrition

12 Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne Diseases

13 Insect and Mite Pests

14 Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and Processing

Index

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