The avocado: botany, production, and uses

by Schaffer, Bruce A. Whiley, Antony William Wolstenholme, B. Nigel

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This multiauthor book consists of 14 sections covering all aspects of avocado production and science, including the uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, growth and development, propagation, cultivars and rootstocks, cultivation, nutrition, biotechnology, pests and diseases (and their control), and harvesting and postharvest aspects (including storage, packing and transport) of avocado. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics, students, professional growers and con…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The avocado : botany, production, and uses / edited by A.W. Whiley, B. Schaffer, and B.N. Wolstenholme.

Summary

This multiauthor book consists of 14 sections covering all aspects of avocado production and science, including the uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, growth and development, propagation, cultivars and rootstocks, cultivation, nutrition, biotechnology, pests and diseases (and their control), and harvesting and postharvest aspects (including storage, packing and transport) of avocado. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics, students, professional growers and consultants.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2002.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):CABI
  • Place of Publication:Wallingford
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2002.

Notes

E-bok.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (PDF (xi, 416 s., 16 plates -s.)) : : illustrations, karta

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn938388609
  • LC Classification:SB379.A9
  • Dewey Decimal:634/.653

Table of Contents

1 History, Distribution and Uses / R.J. Knight, Jr -- 2 Taxonomy and Botany / R.W. Scora, B.N. Wolstenholme and U. Lavi -- 3 Genetics and Classical Breeding / E. Lahav and U. Lavi -- 4 Ecology: Climate and the Edaphic Environment / B.N. Wolstenholme -- 5 Reproductive Biology / S. Gazit and C. Degani -- 6 Environmental Physiology / B. Schaffer and A.W. Whiley -- 7 Cultivars and Rootstocks / S.D.E. Newett, J.H. Crane and C.F. Balerdi -- 8 Propagation / G.S. Bender and A.W. Whiley -- 9 Biotechnology / F. Pliego-Alfaro, Witjaksono, A. Barceló-Muñoz, R.E. Litz and U. Lavi -- 10 Crop Management / A.W. Whiley -- 11 Irrigation and Mineral Nutrition / E. Lahav and A.W. Whiley -- 12 Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne Diseases / K.G. Pegg, L.M. Coates, L. Korsten and R.M. Harding -- 13 Insect and Mite Pests / G.K. Waite and R. Martinez Barrera -- 14 Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and Processing / P.J. Hofman, Y. Fuchs and D.L. Milne.

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Subjects

Avocado Avokado

Writers

Schaffer, Bruce A. Whiley, Antony William Wolstenholme, B. Nigel

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