Litchi and longan : botany, production and uses /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Litchi.; Longan.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Production.; Plant Propagation.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Resources (Plant); Crop Produce.; Food Storage and Preservation.; Food Composition and Quality.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Dimocarpus longan.; Litchi chinensis.; Breeding methods.; Crop production.; Crop quality.; Flowering.; Fruit set.; Geographical distribution.; Longans.; Plant development.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Postharvest treatment.; Processing.; Propagation.; Storage quality.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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Litchi and the related fruit longan are grown extensively in China and South East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA), southern Europe and southern Africa. This book represents the only comprehensive balanced and internationally focused publication on these fruits. It covers all aspects of...

Table of Contents:

• Origin, History, Production and Processing / Xuming Huang, Suranant Subhadrabandhu, Sisir K. Mitra, Ruth Ben-Arie and Raphael A. Stern
• Taxonomy, Botany and Plant Development / Suranant Subhadrabandhu and Raphael A. Stern
• Propagation / Sisir K. Mitra and Pravat K. Ray
• Biotechnology / Richard E. Litz, Simon Raharjo, Kazumitsu Matsumoto and Witjaksono
• Cultivars and Plant Improvement / Christopher M. Menzel, Xuming Huang and Chengming Liu
• Flowering / Tom L. Davenport and Raphael A. Stern
• Fruit Set, Development and Maturation / Huibai Huang (litchi) and Raphael A. Stern (longan)
• Fruit Disorders / Xuming Huang
• Photosynthesis and Productivity / Christopher M. Menzel
• Plant Water Relations and Irrigation / Christopher M. Menzel
• Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing / Christopher M. Menzel
• Pests / Geoff K. Waite
• Diseases / Lindy Coates, Erxun Zhou and Chatree Sittigul
• Harvesting and Storage / Deirdre M. Holcroft, Hetong Lin and Saichol Ketsa.