Apples : botany, production, and uses /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Apples.; Apples > United States.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Plant Water Relations.; Plant Production.; Plant Propagation.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Soil Management.; Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Food Storage and Preservation.; Storage Problems and Pests of Food.; Food Composition and Quality.; Malus.; Malus pumila.; Crop establishment.; Crop production.; Cultivars.; Economics.; Endogenous growth regulators.; Flowering.; Frost protection.; Fruiting.; Fruits.; Genetics.; Handling.; Harvesting.; International trade.; Light relations.; Maturity.; Orchards.; Organic farming.; Pest control.; Plant breeding.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant disorders.; Plant growth regulators.; Plant nutrition.; Plant pests.; Plant protection.; Plant training.; Plant water relations.; Planting.; Planting stock.; Pollination.; Postharvest decay.; Processing quality.; Propagation.; Pruning.; Ripening.; Rootstock scion relationships.; Rootstocks.; Site factors.; Soil management.; Storage.; Storage disorders.; Taxonomy.; Temperature.; Thinning.; Electronic books.
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This book, with contributions from 40 scientists from 8 countries, summarizes the current research information on apples and their culture, and will be of value to horticultural students, research and extension workers, and professional fruit growers. The 24 chapters are presented in 6 parts. Part I...

Table of Contents:

• Taxonomic Classification and Brief History / J.J. Luby
• World Production, Trade, Consumption and Economic Outlook for Apples / D. O'Rourke
• Genetic Improvement of Apple : Breeding, Markers, Mapping and Biotechnology / S.K. Brown and K.E. Maloney
• Characteristics of Important Commercial Apple Cultivars / C.R. Hampson and H. Kemp
• Apple Rootstocks / A.D. Webster and S.J. Wertheim
• Propagation and Nursery Tree Quality / S.J. Wertheim and A.D. Webster
• Flowering, Pollination and Fruit Set and Development / F. Dennis, Jr
• Water Relations of Apples / A.N. Lakso
• Light Relations / L. Corelli Grappadelli
• Temperature / J.W. Palmer, J.P. Privé and D.S. Tustin
• Selecting the Orchard Site, Site Preparation and Orchard Planning and Establishment / J.A. Barden and G.H. Neilsen
• Nutritional Requirements of Apple / G.H. Neilsen and D. Neilsen
• Orchard-floor Management Systems / I.A. Merwin
• Pruning and Training Physiology / D.C. Ferree and J.R. Schupp
• Apple-orchard Planting Systems / T.L. Robinson
• Flower and Fruit Thinning and Vegetative : Fruiting Balance / R.E. Byers
• Endogenous Hormones and Bioregulator Use on Apples / D.W. Greene
• Diseases of Apple / G.G. Grove, K.C. Eastwell, A.L. Jones and T.B. Sutton
• Ecology and Management of Apple Arthropod Pests / E.H. Beers, D.M. Suckling, R.J. Prokopy and J. Avilla
• Apple-orchard Freeze Protection / S.D. Seeley and J.L. Anderson
• Integrated Fruit Production for Apples - Principles and Guidelines / J. Avilla and H. Riedl
• Organic Apple Production - with Emphasis on European Experiences / F. Weibel and A. Häseli
• Principles and Practices of Postharvest Handling and Stress / C.B. Watkins
• Production and Handling Techniques for Processing Apples / R.M. Crassweller and G.M. Greene, II.