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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (444 p.)
• Disciplina: 634/.653
• Soggetto topico: Avocado
• Altri autori: WhileyA. W (Antony William) SchafferB (Bruce A.) WolstenholmeB. N (B. Nigel)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Colour Plates; Contributors; Preface; 1 History, Distribution and Uses; 2 Taxonomy and Botany; 3 Genetics and Classical Breeding; 4 Ecology: Climate and the Edaphic Environment; 5 Reproductive Biology; 6 Environmental Physiology; 7 Cultivars and Rootstocks; 8 Propagation; 9 Biotechnology; 10 Crop Management; 11 Irrigation and Mineral Nutrition; 12 Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne Diseases; 13 Insect and Mite Pests; 14 Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and Processing; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the 1990's, avocado has become an important crop in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world. This is a comprehensive volume on avocados, providing a review of research and production practices on a worldwide scale. It is written by contributors from major avocado producing countries.
• Titolo autorizzato: The avocado
• ISBN: 1-280-81160-9; 9786610811601; 0-85199-978-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784118003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II