The pineapple : botany, production and uses /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Pineapple.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Meteorology and Climate.; Biological Resources (Plant); Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Ananas comosus.; Botany.; Flowering.; Fruiting.; Genetic engineering.; Geographical distribution.; History.; Pineapples.; Plant breeding.; Plant diseases.; Plant pests.; Postharvest physiology.; Processing.; Production.; Propagation.; Storage.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, intended for researchers, professional horticulturists and tropical fruit growers, covers the history, distribution and world production; botany; breeding, genetic engineering, selection and cultivars; crop environment viz., temperature, water and light; propagation, cultural systems; flowering and fruit development; pests, diseases and weeds; postharvest physiology, handling and storage and processing of pineapple.