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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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...

Table of Contents:

• Botany and taxonomy / D. Bassi and R. Monet
• History of cultivation and trends in China / H. Huang, Z. Cheng, Z. Zhang and Y. Wang
• Classical genetics and breeding / R. Monet and D. Bassi
• Genetic engineering and genomics / A.G. Abbott, P. Arús, and R. Scorza
• Low-chill cultivar development / B.L. Topp, W.B. Sherman and M.C.B. Raseira
• Fresh market cultivar development / W.R. Okie, T. Bacon, and D. Bassi
• Processing peach cultivar development / T.M. Gradziel and J.P. McCaa
• Rootstock development / G.L. Reighard and F. Loreti
• Propagation techniques / F. Loreti and S. Morini
• Carbon assimilation, partitioning and budget modelling / T.M. Dejong and A. Moing
• Orchard planting systems / L. Corelli-Grappadelli and R.P. Marini
• Crop load management / R.P. Marini and G.L. Reighard
• Nutrient and water requirements of peach trees / R.S. Johnson
• Orchard floor management systems / T.J. Tworkoski and D.M. Glenn
• Diseases of peach caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms : biology, epidemiology and management / J.E. Adaskaveg, G. Schnabel, and H. Förster
• Diseases caused by prokaryotes : bacteria and phytoplasmas / D.F. Ritchie, M. Barba, and M.C. Pagani
• Viruses and viroids of peach trees / M. Cambra, R. Flores, V. Pallás, P. Gentit and T. Candresse
• Insects and mites / D.L. Horton, J. Fuest and P. Cravedi
• Nematodes / A.P. Nyczepir and D. Esmenjaud
• Preharvest factors affecting peach quality / C.H. Crisosto and G. Costa
• Ripening, nutrition, and postharvest physiology / A. Ramina, P. Tonutti, and B. McGlasson
• Harvesting and postharvest handling of peaches for the fresh market
• C.H. Crisosto and D. Valero.