Achieving sustainable cultivation of mangoes (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 34)

The book provides an excellent overview of mango cultivation across the world a comprehensive foundation of knowledge on which future research strategies can be built. Chronica Horticulturae Mangoes are one of the most important and widely-cultivated fruits in tropical as well as sub-tropical regions. There have been a number of recent developments with the potential to improve crop yields and quality. There has been new research in understanding the physiology of tree and fruit development with implications for both breeding and cultivation. Analysis of the mango genome promises new, faster breeding techniques to develop improved cultivars. These and other advances are helping to tackle diseases and pests which still cause significant losses. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of mango as a food crop at each step in the value chain, from breeding through to post-harvest storage. Part 1 discusses advances in understanding tree growth, flowering, pollination and fruit development as well as developments in marker-assisted breeding. Part 2 reviews improvements in cultivation practice, including organic and greenhouse cultivation. Part 3 covers post-harvest management and quality, whilst the final part of the book assesses disease and pest management. As the need for more interdisciplinary and collaborative research increases, this collection will be a standard reference for the mango research community by summarising key research trends in each topic and putting them in the context of mango cultivation as a whole. Contents Series list Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Genetic improvement and plant physiology 1 Exploiting the mango genome: molecular markers • V. Pérez and J. I. Hormaza 2 The genetic diversity of mangoes • Noris Ledesma 3 Advances in understanding mango tree growth and canopy development • Frédéric Normand and Pierre-Éric Lauri 4 Advances in understanding flowering, pollination and fruit development in mangoes • Maria Hilda Pérez-Barraza and Jorge Alberto Osuna-Gracia Part 2: Cultivation techniques 5 Mango cultivation practices in the tropics: good agricultural practices to maximize sustainable yields • Sisir Mitra and A. Bhagwan 6 Mango cultivation practices for the subtropics • Víctor Galán Saúco 7 Mango cultivation in greenhouses • John Y. Yonemoto 8 Management of an ultra-high-density mango orchard and benefits of the small-tree system • Steven A. Oosthuyse 9 Organic mango production: a review • Víctor Manuel Medina-Urrutia, Jaime Eduardo Reyes-Hernández, Gil Virgen-Calleros, Enrique Pimienta-Barrios, and Marciano Manuel Robles-González 10 Improving fertilizer and water-use efficiency in mango cultivation • A. G. Levin Part 3: Post-harvest management 11 Monitoring fruit quality and quantity in mangoes • Kerry Walsh and Zhenglin Wang 12 Understanding post-harvest deterioration in mangoes • Apiradee Uthairatanakij, Pongphen Jitareerat, and Robert E. Paull 13 Post-harvest storage management of mango fruit • Noam Alkan and Anirudh Kumar 14 The nutritional and nutraceutical/functional properties of mangoes • Laurent Urban, Mônica Maria de Almeida Lopes and Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda 15 Life cycle assessment of mango systems • Claudine Basset-Mens, Sandra Payen, Henri Vannière, Angela Braun and Yannick Biard Part 4: Diseases and pests 16 Integrated disease management in mango cultivation • Randy C. Ploetz 17 Integrated pest management and biological pest control strategies in mango cultivation • Stefano De Faveri Index Mangoes are grown widely across Asia, Africa, the Americas and Southern Europe. This volume summarises the wealth of recent research on enhancing mango cultivation. Topics include developments in understanding mango genetics and breeding as well as cultivation, pest and disease management.