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Record Nr.

UNINA9910627298003321

Titolo

The avocado [[electronic resource]] : botany, production and uses / / edited by Bruce Schaffer, B. Nigel Wolstenholme, Anthony W. Whiley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, England, : CABI, c2013

ISBN

1-78924-372-6

1-84593-710-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (604 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchafferB (Bruce A.)

WhileyA. W (Antony William)

WolstenholmeB. N (B. Nigel)

Disciplina

580

Soggetti

Avocado

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 History, Distribution and Uses""; ""3 Taxonomy and Botany""; ""4 Genetics and Breeding""; ""5 Ecology: Climate and Soils""; ""6 Reproductive Biology""; ""7 Ecophysiology""; ""8 Cultivars and Rootstocks""; ""9 Propagation""; ""10 Biotechnology""; ""11 Irrigation and Mineral Nutrition""; ""12 Crop Management""; ""13 Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne Diseases""; ""14 Insect and Mite Pests""; ""15 Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and Processing""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""

""I""""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Colour plates""

Sommario/riassunto

Although avocado has been cultivated and consumed for more than 9000 years near its centre of origin in Latin America, world production and trade has increased dramatically over the past few decades. The avocado is now a widely traded fruit between warmer and colder countries as a result of the global community becoming increasingly aware of the versatility and nutritional value of this crop. For the past decade, the world avocado industry has been going through a period of rapid technological change and innovation. The dietary value of ""the most nutritious of all fruit"" is also receiving mo