The avocado : botany, production and uses /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Schaffer, B. (Bruce A.) (Editor), Whiley, A. W. (Antony William) (Editor), Wolstenholme, B. N. (B. Nigel) (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
Subjects:	Avocado. Crop Produce. Food Storage and Preservation. Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General) Plant Breeding and Genetics. Plant Pests, (New March 2000) Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Plant Production. Plant Propagation. Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000) Avocados. Biotechnology. Botany. Cultivars. Cultivation. Fruits. Genetics. Growth. Harvesting. Packing. Persea americana. Pest control. Plant breeding. Plant development. Plant disease control. Plant diseases. Plant ecology. Plant nutrition. Plant pests. Postharvest treatment. Rootstocks. Storage. Taxonomy. Transport. Vegetative propagation. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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