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The Biology of Apples and Pears
John E. Jackson
CUP
June 2003
Hardback 500 pages ISBN 0521380189
£113.00
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Paperback 500 pages ISBN 0521021057
£50.00
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Biology of Apples and Pears is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of pomology at the organ,
tree and orchard level. It provides detailed information on propagation, root and shoot growth, root stock
effects, canopy development in relation to orchard design, flowering, pollination, fruit set, fruit growth, fruit
quality factors and quality retention in store. It also deals with mineral nutrition, water-relations and irrigation,
diseases and pests and biotechnology. The book emphasises the scientific basis of modern tree and orchard
management and fruit storage. It describes key cultivar differences and their physiology and genetics and
environmental effects and cultivar x environment interactions in tropical and sub-tropical as well as temperate
zone conditions. It is written for fruit growers, extension workers, plant breeders, biotechnologists and storage
and crop protection specialists as well as for researchers and students of pomology and horticulture.
- Comprehensive reference book on all aspects of the biology of apples and pears
- Describes the production of fruit with regard to key commercial factors
- Compares the biology of apples and pears under warm-winter as well as temperate zone conditions
Contents- Introduction;
- 1. The growing of apples and pears;
- 2. Apples and pears and their relatives;
- 3. Apple and pear root systems: induction, development, structure and function;
- 4. The graft union, grafting and budding;
- 5. Mechanisms of rootstock and interstock effects on scion vigour;
- 6. The shoot system;
- 7. Leaves, canopies and light interception;
- 8. Photosynthesis, respiration, and
carbohydrate transport partitioning and storage;
- 9. Flowers and fruits;
- 10. Eating quality and its retention;
- 11. Mineral nutrition;
- 12. Water relations;
- 13. Diseases, pests and resistance to these;
- 14. Biotechnology of apples and pears;
- Index.
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