Tropical fruits. Volume 2 /

• Main Authors: Paull, Robert E., (Author), Duarte, Odilo, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Series: Crop production science in horticulture ; 24.
• Subjects: Tropical fruit.; 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); Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Food Composition and Quality.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Cultivars.; Orchards.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Postharvest systems.; Postharvest treatment.; Propagation.; Taxonomy.; Tropical small fruits.; Tropical tree fruits.; Tropics.; Weeds.; Tropical fruits.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 371 pages) : illustrations, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book is one of the volumes in the Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series focusing on horticultural crops from major production systems in temperate, subtropical and tropical climatic areas. The first volume on tropical fruits presented the general aspects of tropical fruit production and covered the major tropical fruits in the international trade, such as banana, pineapple, pawpaw, mango and avocado. This volume focuses on tropical fruits that are already well-known in the tropics but are just recently being introduced to larger temperate city markets. Each of the 12 chapters presents information on taxonomy, cultivars, propagation and orchard management, biotic and abiotic problems, cultivar development and postharvest handling. This book should be of use to all readers and students interested in an introductory text on tropical fruit production.