The avocado : botany, production, and uses / edited by A.W. Whiley, B. Schaffer, and B.N. Wolstenholme.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whiley, A. W. (Anthony William)

Schaffer, B. (Bruce A.)

Wolstenholme, B. N. (B. Nigel)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avocado.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford ; New York : CABI Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1990's, avocado has become an important crop in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world. This is a comprehensive volume on avocados, providing a review of research and production practices on a worldwide scale. It is written by contributors from major avocado producing countries.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-81160-9

9786610811601

0-85199-978-6

OCLC:

476051738