The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses
- ISBN-10
- 1845937015
- ISBN-13
- 9781845937010
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 560
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- CABI
- Authors
- Bruce A. Schaffer, B. Nigel Wolstenholme, Antony William Whiley
Description
This book is comprised of 15 chapters covering principles and basic understanding in avocado science, technology, best management practices and postharvest aspects. It is aimed at avocado researchers, libraries, teachers and academics, students, advisers, cutting edge growers and industry support personnel. Topics discussed include the history, distribution, uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, reproductive biology, ecophysiology, cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, biotechnology, irrigation and mineral nutrition, crop management, foliar, fruit and soil-borne diseases, insect and mite pests and harvesting, packing, postharvest technology, transport and processing.
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