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...

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Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
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245 0 4 |a The avocado :  |b botany, production and uses /  |c edited by A.W. Whiley, Maroochy Research Station, Queensland Horticulture Institute, Queensland, Australia, B. Schaffer, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Florida, USA and B.N. Wolstenholme, Horticultural Science, University of Natal, South Africa. 
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505 0 # |a History, Distribution and Uses / R.J. Knight, Jr -- Taxonomy and Botany / R.W. Scora, B.N. Wolstenholme and U. Lavi -- Genetics and Classical Breeding / E. Lahav and U. Lavi -- Ecology : Climate and the Edaphic Environment / B.N. Wolstenholme -- Reproductive Biology / S. Gazit and C. Degani -- Environmental Physiology / B. Schaffer and A.W. Whiley -- Cultivars and Rootstocks / S.D.E. Newett, J.H. Crane and C.F. Balerdi -- Propagation / G.S. Bender and A.W. Whiley -- Biotechnology / F. Pliego-Alfaro, Witjaksono, A. Barceló-Muñoz, R.E. Litz and U. Lavi -- Crop Management / A.W. Whiley -- Irrigation and Mineral Nutrition / E. Lahav and A.W. Whiley -- Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne Diseases / K.G. Pegg, L.M. Coates, L. Korsten and R.M. Harding -- Insect and Mite Pests / G.K. Waite and R. Martinez Barrera -- Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and Processing / P.J. Hofman, Y. Fuchs and D.L. Milne. 
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520 3 # |a 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. 
530 # # |a Also available in print format. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed August 29, 2013). 
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650 # 4 |a Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Plant Breeding and Genetics. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Production. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Propagation. 
650 # 4 |a Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Plant Pests, (New March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General) 
650 # 4 |a Crop Produce. 
650 # 4 |a Food Storage and Preservation. 
650 # 4 |a Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) 
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650 # 7 |a Plant development.  |2 cabt 
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650 # 7 |a Plant diseases.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Plant ecology.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Plant nutrition.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Plant pests.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Postharvest treatment.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Rootstocks.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Storage.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Taxonomy.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Transport.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Vegetative propagation.  |2 cabt 
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