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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446320703321

Autore

Paull Robert E

Titolo

Tropical fruits . Volume 1 [[electronic resource] /] / Robert E. Paull and Odilo Duarte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, U.K., : CABI, c2011

ISBN

1-282-90630-5

9786612906305

1-84593-747-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Collana

Crop production science in horticulture series ; ; no. 20

Altri autori (Persone)

DuarteOdilo

Disciplina

634/.6

Soggetti

Tropical fruit

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The tropics, its soils and horticulture -- Cultivation -- Tree management -- Postharvest technology -- Annonas: cherimoya, atemoya and sweetsop -- Avocado -- Bananas and plantains -- Litchi and longan -- Mango -- Papaya -- Pineapple.

Sommario/riassunto

The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address these issues in marketing. Following these are self-contained chapters on single fruits which provide in-depth studies of botany, areas of origin and distribution, descriptions of ecological requirements and world production and utilization of each fruit