The Peach :
Layne, Desmond R.
The Peach : Botany, Production and Uses / Edited by Desmond R. Layne and Daniele Bassi - United Kingdom : CAB International, 2008. - xv, 615 p. : ill. ; 25cm.
1: Botany and Taxonomy
2: History of Cultivation and Trends in China
3: Classical Genetics and Breeding
4: Genetic Engineering and Genomics
5: Low-Chill Cultivar Development
6: Fresh Market Cultivar Development
7: Processing Peach Cultivar Development
8: Rootstock Development
9: Propagation Techniques
10: Carbon Assimilation, Partitioning and Budget Modeling
11: Orchard Planting Systems
12: Crop Load Management
13: Nutrient and Water Requirements of Peach Trees
14: Orchard Floor Management Systems
15: Diseases of Peach Caused by Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms: Biology, Epidemiology, and Management
16: Diseases Caused by Prokaryotes - Bacteria and Phytoplasmas
17: Viruses and Viroids of Peach Trees
18: Insects and Mites
19: Nematodes
20: Preharvest Factors Affecting Peach Quality
21: Ripening, Nutrition, and Postharvest Physiology
22: Harvesting and Postharvest Handling of Peaches for the Fresh Market"
The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour plates section. Chapters written by international authorities address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and postharvest physiology. The book also includes a contribution on the history of cultivation and production trends in China with historical references dating back to 1100 BC for the first time in the English language.
9781845933869
Peach Breeding
Postharvest Physiology
Peach Harvesting
634.25 / LAY
The Peach : Botany, Production and Uses / Edited by Desmond R. Layne and Daniele Bassi - United Kingdom : CAB International, 2008. - xv, 615 p. : ill. ; 25cm.
1: Botany and Taxonomy
2: History of Cultivation and Trends in China
3: Classical Genetics and Breeding
4: Genetic Engineering and Genomics
5: Low-Chill Cultivar Development
6: Fresh Market Cultivar Development
7: Processing Peach Cultivar Development
8: Rootstock Development
9: Propagation Techniques
10: Carbon Assimilation, Partitioning and Budget Modeling
11: Orchard Planting Systems
12: Crop Load Management
13: Nutrient and Water Requirements of Peach Trees
14: Orchard Floor Management Systems
15: Diseases of Peach Caused by Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms: Biology, Epidemiology, and Management
16: Diseases Caused by Prokaryotes - Bacteria and Phytoplasmas
17: Viruses and Viroids of Peach Trees
18: Insects and Mites
19: Nematodes
20: Preharvest Factors Affecting Peach Quality
21: Ripening, Nutrition, and Postharvest Physiology
22: Harvesting and Postharvest Handling of Peaches for the Fresh Market"
The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour plates section. Chapters written by international authorities address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and postharvest physiology. The book also includes a contribution on the history of cultivation and production trends in China with historical references dating back to 1100 BC for the first time in the English language.
9781845933869
Peach Breeding
Postharvest Physiology
Peach Harvesting
634.25 / LAY