1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145394203321

Titolo

2009 4th International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents : 10-12 February 2009

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : IEEE, , 2009

ISBN

1-5090-7220-9

1-4244-2713-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (685 pages)

Soggetti

Autonomous robots

Intelligent agents (Computer software)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953451603321

Titolo

Apples : botany, production, and uses / / edited by D.C. Ferree and I.J. Warrington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : CABI Pub., 2003

ISBN

1-280-82979-6

9786610829798

0-85199-799-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (704 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FerreeDavid C <1943-> (David Curtis)

WarringtonI. J (Ian J.)

Disciplina

634/.11

Soggetti

Apples

Apples - United States

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

Colour Plates; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Taxonomic Classification and Brief History; 2 World Production, Trade, Consumption and Economic Outlook for Apples; 3 Genetic Improvement of Apple: Breeding, Markers, Mapping and Biotechnology; 4 Characteristics of Important Commercial Apple Cultivars; 5 Apple Rootstocks; 6 Propagation and Nursery Tree Quality; 7 Flowering, Pollination and Fruit Set and Development; 8 Water Relations of Apples; 9 Light Relations; 10 Temperature; 11 Selecting the Orchard Site, Site Preparation and Orchard Planning and Establishment

12 Nutritional Requirements of Apple13 Orchard-floor Management Systems; 14 Pruning and Training Physiology; 15 Apple-orchard Planting Systems; 16 Flower and Fruit Thinning and Vegetative : Fruiting Balance; 17 Endogenous Hormones and Bioregulator Use on Apples; 18 Diseases of Apple; 19 Ecology and Management of Apple Arthropod Pests; 20 Apple-orchard Freeze Protection; 21 Integrated Fruit Production for Apples - Principles and Guidelines; 22 Organic Apple Production - with Emphasis on European Experiences; 23 Principles and Practices of Postharvest Handling and Stress

24 Production and Handling Techniques for Processing ApplesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a comprehensive reference work, summarizing knowledge of apples and their production world wide. It includes 24 chapters written by international authorities from the USA, Canada, Europe and New Zealand.