This book is comprised of 15 chapters covering principles and basic understanding in avocado science, technology, best management practices and postharvest aspects. It is aimed at avocado researchers, libraries, teachers and academics, students, advisers, cutting edge growers and industry support personnel. Topics discussed include the history, distribution, uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, reproductive biology, ecophysiology, cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, biotechnology, irrigation and mineral nutrition, crop management, foliar, fruit and soil-borne diseases, insect and mite pests and harvesting, packing, postharvest technology, transport and processing.Perhaps this will change as a result of the rapidly increasing concern about controlling avocado redbay ambrosia beetle, now that this ... Primera Jornada de Proteccion Vegetal, Universidad de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, p. 4 ( abstract). Aluja, M. and ... Journal of Economic Entomology 103, 2000a2008. Andrade, G.S. ... 391, 253 pp. Anonymous (1984) Manual Fitosanitario del Aguacate.
Title | : | The Avocado |
Author | : | Bruce A. Schaffer, B. Nigel Wolstenholme, Antony William Whiley |
Publisher | : | CABI - 2013-01 |
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