The avocado : botany, production, and uses
This multiauthor book consists of 14 sections covering all aspects of avocado production and science, including the uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, growth and development, propagation, cultivars and rootstocks, cultivation, nutrition, biotechnology, pests and diseases (and their control), and harvesting and postharvest aspects (including storage, packing and transport) of avocado. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics, students, professional growers and consultants
1 online resource (xi, 416 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
9780851993577, 9780851999784, 9781280811609, 0851993575, 0851999786, 1280811609
182530169
Print version:
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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