02958nam 2200601 a 450 991062729800332120200520144314.09781789243727178924372697818459371021845937104(CKB)2550000001127761(EBL)1152953(OCoLC)831118608(SSID)ssj0000830889(PQKBManifestationID)12354888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000830889(PQKBWorkID)10819877(PQKB)10656445(MiAaPQ)EBC1152953(Perlego)969397(EXLCZ)99255000000112776120130411d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe avocado botany, production and uses /edited by Bruce Schaffer, B. Nigel Wolstenholme, Anthony W. Whiley2nd ed.Wallingford, England CABIc20131 online resource (604 p.)Includes index.9781845937010 1845937015 9781299592292 1299592295 ""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""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 moAvocadoAvocado.580Schaffer B(Bruce A.)1098032Whiley A. W(Anthony William)1098031Wolstenholme B. N(B. Nigel)1098033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910627298003321The avocado2618625UNINA