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Peach: Crop Production Science in Horticulture
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- George A. Manganaris, Guglielmo Costa, Carlos H. Crisosto
- Publisher:
- CAB International
- ISBN:
- 978-1-78-924843-2
- Doody Core Title Score:
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Peach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits.
This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate change and shifting global and regional production practices.
Written by an international team of expert authors and highly illustrated in full colour throughout, Peach presents information in an organized and easy-to-follow manner, with content including:
Peach tree architecture.
Rootstocks.
Cultivars.
In-field operations (irrigation, fertilization, thinning, harvest)
Fruit quality, composition and nutritional benefits.
Peach fruit growth, development and ripening physiology.
Postharvest technology, including supply chain management protocols
This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate change and shifting global and regional production practices.
Written by an international team of expert authors and highly illustrated in full colour throughout, Peach presents information in an organized and easy-to-follow manner, with content including:
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- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- CAB International
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- George A. Manganaris, Guglielmo Costa, Carlos H. Crisosto
- ISBN:
- 978-1-78-924843-2
- Specialty:
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- Earth & Geological Sciences
- Crop Science & Plant Biology
- Horticulture
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 464
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Doody Core Title Score:
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