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

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : CABI Pub., 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (704 p.)
• Disciplina: 634/.11
• Soggetto topico: Apples; Apples - United States
• Altri autori: FerreeDavid C <1943-> (David Curtis) WarringtonI. J (Ian J.)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Apples
• ISBN: 1-280-82979-6; 9786610829798; 0-85199-799-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780204503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II