Apples : botany, production, and uses / edited by D.C. Ferree and I.J. Warrington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferree, David C. (David Curtis), 1943-

Warrington, I. J. (Ian J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apples.

Apples--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (704 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : CABI Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides a comprehensive reference work, summarizing knowledge of apples and their production world wide. It includes 24 chapters written by international authorities from the USA, Canada, Europe and New Zealand.

Contents:

Colour Plates; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Taxonomic Classification and Brief History; 2 World Production, Trade, Consumption and Economic Outlook for Apples; 3 Genetic Improvement of Apple: Breeding, Markers, Mapping and Biotechnology; 4 Characteristics of Important Commercial Apple Cultivars; 5 Apple Rootstocks; 6 Propagation and Nursery Tree Quality; 7 Flowering, Pollination and Fruit Set and Development; 8 Water Relations of Apples; 9 Light Relations; 10 Temperature; 11 Selecting the Orchard Site, Site Preparation and Orchard Planning and Establishment

12 Nutritional Requirements of Apple13 Orchard-floor Management Systems; 14 Pruning and Training Physiology; 15 Apple-orchard Planting Systems; 16 Flower and Fruit Thinning and Vegetative : Fruiting Balance; 17 Endogenous Hormones and Bioregulator Use on Apples; 18 Diseases of Apple; 19 Ecology and Management of Apple Arthropod Pests; 20 Apple-orchard Freeze Protection; 21 Integrated Fruit Production for Apples - Principles and Guidelines; 22 Organic Apple Production - with Emphasis on European Experiences; 23 Principles and Practices of Postharvest Handling and Stress

24 Production and Handling Techniques for Processing ApplesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82979-6

9786610829798

0-85199-799-6

OCLC:

476061269