Tropical fruits . Volume 1 [[electronic resource] /] / Robert E. Paull and Odilo Duarte
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| Autore: |
Paull Robert E
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| Titolo: |
Tropical fruits . Volume 1 [[electronic resource] /] / Robert E. Paull and Odilo Duarte
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxfordshire, U.K., : CABI, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 634/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tropical fruit |
| Altri autori: |
DuarteOdilo
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The tropics, its soils and horticulture -- Cultivation -- Tree management -- Postharvest technology -- Annonas: cherimoya, atemoya and sweetsop -- Avocado -- Bananas and plantains -- Litchi and longan -- Mango -- Papaya -- Pineapple. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address these issues in marketing. Following these are self-contained chapters on single fruits which provide in-depth studies of botany, areas of origin and distribution, descriptions of ecological requirements and world production and utilization of each fruit |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Tropical fruits |
| ISBN: | 1-282-90630-5 |
| 9786612906305 | |
| 1-84593-747-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910446320703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Crop production science in horticulture ; ; 20.