
The Biology of Apples and Pears
Series: The Biology of Horticultural Crops;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 12 June 2003
- ISBN 9780521380188
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages502 pages
- Size 229x152x32 mm
- Weight 900 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 66 b/w illus. 80 tables 0
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Short description:
Biology of Apples and Pears is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of pomology at the organ, tree and orchard level.
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Biology of Apples and Pears is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of pomology at the organ, tree and orchard level. It provides detailed information on propagation, root and shoot growth, root stock effects, canopy development in relation to orchard design, flowering, pollination, fruit set, fruit growth, fruit quality factors and quality retention in store. It also deals with mineral nutrition, water-relations and irrigation, diseases and pests and biotechnology. The book emphasises the scientific basis of modern tree and orchard management and fruit storage. It describes key cultivar differences and their physiology and genetics and environmental effects and cultivar x environment interactions in tropical and sub-tropical as well as temperate zone conditions. It is written for fruit growers, extension workers, plant breeders, biotechnologists and storage and crop protection specialists as well as for researchers and students of pomology and horticulture.
'... the principal strengths of the volume are in its encyclopedic treatment ...' Chemistry & Industry
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. The growing of apples and pears; 2. Apples and pears and their relatives; 3. Apple and pear root systems: induction, development, structure and function; 4. The graft union, grafting and budding; 5. Mechanisms of rootstock and interstock effects on scion vigour; 6. The shoot system; 7. Leaves, canopies and light interception; 8. Photosynthesis, respiration, and carbohydrate transport partitioning and storage; 9. Flowers and fruits; 10. Eating quality and its retention; 11. Mineral nutrition; 12. Water relations; 13. Diseases, pests and resistance to these; 14. Biotechnology of apples and pears; Index.
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