The peach : botany, production and uses /

Summarizes our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes a colour plates section. This book includes chapters which address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and postha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Layne, Desmond R. (Desmond Richard), Bassi, Daniele
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2008.
Subjects:
Peach > Breeding.
Peach > Diseases and pests.
Peach > Harvesting.
Pêche (Fruit) > Maladies et fléaux.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
GARDENING > Fruit.
Fungi.
Insects.
Mites.
Nematoda.
Phytoplasma.
Plants.
Prunus persica.
Viroids.
Arthropod pests.
Carbon.
Chilling requirement.
Control.
Crop production.
Crop quality.
Cultivars.
Cultivation.
Epidemiology.
Fruits.
Fungal diseases.
Genetic engineering.
Genetic improvement.
Genetic transformation.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Harvesting.
Insect control.
Insect pests.
Mite control.
Nematode control.
Orchards.
Peaches.
Pest control.
Photosynthesis.
Plant disease control.
Plant diseases.
Plant nutrition.
Plant parasitic nematodes.
Plant pathogenic bacteria.
Plant pathogenic fungi.
Plant pathogens.
Plant pests.
Plant viruses.
Plant water relations.
Postharvest physiology.
Postharvest systems.
Processing.
Propagation.
Ripening.
Rootstocks.
Taxonomy.
Transgenic plants.
Water requirements.
Peach > Breeding
Peach > Diseases and pests
Peach > Harvesting
prunus persica
perziken
peaches
vruchtbomen
fruit trees
plantkunde
botany
agronomie
agronomy
plantenveredeling
plant breeding
gewasbescherming
plant protection
handboeken
handbooks
Stone Fruits
Steenvruchten
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Botany and taxonomy / D. Bassi and R. Monet
  • History of cultivation and trends in China / H. Huang [and others]
  • Classical genetics and breeding / R. Monet and D. Bassi
  • Genetic engineering and genomics / A.G. Abbott, P. Arús, and R. Scorza
  • Low-chill cultivar development / B.L. Topp, W.B. Sherman and M.C.B. Raseira
  • Fresh market cultivar development / W.R. Okie, T. Bacon, and D. Bassi
  • Processing peach cultivar development / T.M. Gradziel and J.P. McCaa
  • Rootstock development / G.L. Reighard and F. Loreti
  • Propagation techniques / F. Loreti and S. Morini
  • Carbon assimilation, partitioning and budget modelling / T.M. Dejong and A. Moing
  • Orchard planting systems / L. Corelli-Grappadelli and R.P. Marini
  • Crop load management / R.P. Marini and G.L. Reighard
  • Nutrient and water requirements of peach trees / R.S. Johnson
  • Orchard floor management systems / T.J. Tworkoski and D.M. Glenn
  • Diseases of peach caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms : biology, epidemiology and management / J.E. Adaskaveg, G. Schnabel, and H. Förster
  • Diseases caused by prokaryotes : bacteria and phytoplasms / D.F. Ritchie, M. Barba, and M.C. Pagani
  • Viruses and viroids of peach trees / M. Cambra [and others]
  • Insects and mites / D.L. Horton, J. Fuest and P. Cravedi
  • Nematodes / A.P. Nyczepir and D. Esmenjaud
  • Preharvest factors affecting peach quality / C.H. Crisosto and G. Costa
  • Ripening, nutrition and postharvest physiology / A. Ramina, P. Tonutti, and B. McGlasson
  • Harvesting and postharvest handling of peaches for the fresh market
  • C.H. Crisosto and D. Valero.

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