Tropical Fruits, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 (Crop Production Science in Horticulture, Volume 20)

Annotation. The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address these issues in marketing. Following these are self-contained chapters on single fruits which provide in-depth studies of botany, areas of origin and distribution, descriptions of ecological requirements and world production and utilization of each fruit. Propagation & cultural practices from ancient to modern are described to show the regional differences that environmental and biological pressures exert on fruit production and fruit quality. Tropical Fruits is essential reading for students and teachers of horticulture as well as horticultural industry personnel and policy-makers. Tropical Fruits 2ed.......Page p0001.djvu CONTENTS......Page p0006.djvu PREFACE......Page p0008.djvu 1 INTRODUCTION......Page p0010.djvu 2 THE TROPICS, ITS SOILS AND HORTICULTURE......Page p0020.djvu 3 CULTIVATION......Page p0042.djvu 4 TREE MANAGEMENT......Page p0071.djvu 5 POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY......Page p0110.djvu 6 ANNONAS: CHERIMOYA, ATEMOYA AND SWEETSOP......Page p0132.djvu 7 AVOCADO......Page p0162.djvu 8 BANANA AND PLANTAIN......Page p0194.djvu 9 LITCHI AND LONGAN......Page p0230.djvu 10 MANGO......Page p0261.djvu 11 PAPAYA......Page p0300.djvu 12 PINEAPPLE......Page p0336.djvu REFERENCES......Page p0375.djvu A......Page p0402.djvu C......Page p0403.djvu H......Page p0404.djvu M......Page p0405.djvu P......Page p0406.djvu S......Page p0408.djvu W......Page p0409.djvu ## Abstract This book examines economically important horticultural crops selected from the major production systems in temperate, subtropical and tropical climatic areas. The general aspects of the tropical climate, fruit production techniques, tree management and postharvest handling and the principal tropical fruit crops that are common in temperate city markets are discussed. The taxonomy, cultivars, propagation and orchard management, biotic and abiotic problems and cultivar development of these fruit crops are also highlighted. The tropics, its soils and horticulture Cultivation Tree management Postharvest technology Annonas: cherimoya, atemoya and sweetsop Avocado Bananas and plantains Litchi and longan Mango Papaya Pineapple.