Temperate Tree Fruits and Nuts serves as a comprehensive resource, providing up-to-date knowledge about economically significant temperate fruit crops. This textbook covers the history, genetic improvements, and growth physiology of these crops. It details orchard establishment, management practices, and harvest considerations, making it a standalone guide to sustainable fruit crop production in temperate climates. Targeted toward undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as professionals in pomology, horticulture, and related fields, the book is essential for researchers, farmers, consultants, and agribusiness professionals.
Each chapter, authored by an expert, provides an introduction, botany, orchard management, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars, and disease and pest management. It also covers ripening, harvest criteria, postharvest physiology, and technology, complemented by high-quality illustrations and a question bank for instructors.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Chapter 1. Apple - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Pear - p. 49 9. Chapter 3. Peach - p. 107 10. Chapter 4. Sweet Cherry - p. 161 11. Chapter 5. Sour Cherry - p. 211 12. Chapter 6. Apricot - p. 241 13. Chapter 7. Plum (Prunus salicina) and Prune (Prunus domestica) - p. 295 14. Chapter 8. Kiwifruit† - p. 323 15. Chapter 9. Fig - p. 371 16. Chapter 10. Persimmon - p. 399 17. Chapter 11. Pomegranate (Punica granatum) - p. 431 18. Chapter 12. Almond† - p. 467 19. Chapter 13. Walnut - p. 495 20. Chapter 14. Pistachio - p. 529 21. Index - p. 565
Temperate Tree Fruits and Nuts serves as a comprehensive resource, providing up-to-date knowledge about economically significant temperate fruit crops. This textbook covers the history, genetic improvements, and growth physiology of these crops. It details orchard establishment, management practices, and harvest considerations, making it a standalone guide to sustainable fruit crop production in temperate climates. Targeted toward undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as professionals in pomology, horticulture, and related fields, the book is essential for researchers, farmers, consultants, and agribusiness professionals.
Each chapter, authored by an expert, provides an introduction, botany, orchard management, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars, and disease and pest management. It also covers ripening, harvest criteria, postharvest physiology, and technology, complemented by high-quality illustrations and a question bank for instructors.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Chapter 1. Apple - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Pear - p. 49 9. Chapter 3. Peach - p. 107 10. Chapter 4. Sweet Cherry - p. 161 11. Chapter 5. Sour Cherry - p. 211 12. Chapter 6. Apricot - p. 241 13. Chapter 7. Plum (Prunus salicina) and Prune (Prunus domestica) - p. 295 14. Chapter 8. Kiwifruit† - p. 323 15. Chapter 9. Fig - p. 371 16. Chapter 10. Persimmon - p. 399 17. Chapter 11. Pomegranate (Punica granatum) - p. 431 18. Chapter 12. Almond† - p. 467 19. Chapter 13. Walnut - p. 495 20. Chapter 14. Pistachio - p. 529 21. Index - p. 565
