Avocado : Botany, Production and Uses.
Title:
Avocado : Botany, Production and Uses.
Author:
Whiley, A.W.
ISBN:
9780851999784
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (444 pages)
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.
Abstract:
In the 1990s, 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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