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Main Authors: Retamales, J. B. (Jorge B.) (Author), Hancock, James F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
Series:Crop production science in horticulture ; no. 21.
Subjects:
Blueberries.
Blueberry industry.
Agricultural Economics.
Crop Produce.
Food Composition and Quality.
Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)
Horticultural Economics, (New March 2000)
Host Resistance and Immunity.
Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002)
Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General)
Plant Breeding and Genetics.
Plant Nutrition.
Plant Pests, (New March 2000)
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.
Plant Production.
Taxonomy and Evolution.
Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000)
Weeds and Noxious Plants.
Crop quality.
Crop yield.
Cultivars.
Cultivation.
Cultural methods.
Disease resistance.
Genetic improvement.
Growth.
Harvesting.
Light.
Pest control.
Pest resistance.
Photosynthesis.
Plant development.
Plant disease control.
Plant diseases.
Plant growth regulators.
Plant nutrition.
Plant pests.
Postharvest systems.
Taxonomy.
Vaccinium.
Weed control.
Weeds.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The blueberry industry
  • Blueberry taxonomy and breeding
  • Growth and development
  • Light, photosynthesis, quality and yield in blueberries
  • Nutrition
  • Blueberry field management and harvesting
  • Growth regulators
  • Blueberry pests, their management and cultivar resistance
  • Pre- and postharvest management of fruit quality.