The peach : botany, production and uses /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Peach > Diseases and pests.; Peach > Breeding.; Peach > Harvesting.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Plant Water Relations.; Plant Production.; Plant Propagation.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Food Composition and Quality.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Fungi.; Insects.; Mites.; Nematoda.; Phytoplasma.; Plants.; Prunus persica.; Viroids.; Arthropod pests.; Carbon.; Chilling requirement.; Control.; Crop production.; Crop quality.; Cultivars.; Cultivation.; Epidemiology.; Fruits.; Fungal diseases.; Genetic engineering.; Genetic improvement.; Genetic transformation.; Genetically engineered organisms.; Harvesting.; Insect control.; Insect pests.; Mite control.; Nematode control.; Orchards.; Peaches.; Pest control.; Photosynthesis.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant nutrition.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pathogenic bacteria.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Plant viruses.; Plant water relations.; Postharvest physiology.; Postharvest systems.; Processing.; Propagation.; Ripening.; Rootstocks.; Taxonomy.; Transgenic plants.; Water requirements.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 615 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
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This book summarizes current state of knowledge in peach botany, production and postharvest management. Specific topics covered consisted of: botany and taxonomy (chapter 1); history of cultivation and trends in China (chapter 2); classical genetics and breeding (chapter 3); genetic engineering and genomics (chapter 4); low-chill cultivar development (chapter 5); fresh market cultivar development (chapter 6); processing peach cultivar development (chapter 7); rootstock development (chapter 8); propagation techniques (chapter 9); carbon assimilation, partitioning and budget modelling (chapter 10); orchard planting systems (chapter 11); crop load management (chapter 12); nutrient and water requirements of peach trees (chapter 13); orchard floor management systems (chapter 14); biology, epidemiology and management of diseases caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms (chapter 15); diseases caused by bacteria and phytoplasmas ['Candidatus Phytoplasma'] (chapter 16); viruses and viroids (chapter 17); insects and mites (chapter 18); nematodes (chapter 19); preharvest factors affecting peach quality (chapter 20); ripening, nutrition and postharvest physiology (chapter 21); and harvesting and postharvest handling of peaches for the fresh market (chapter 22). This book aims to provide research scientists, extension personnel, students, professional fruit growers and others with a vital resource on peach and its culture.