Litchi and Longan: Botany, Production and Uses - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0851996965 ISBN 13 : 9780851996967

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Litchi (lychee) and the related fruit longan are grown extensively in China and South-East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA), Southern Europe and Southern Africa. This book represents the only comprehensive, balanced and internationally focused publication on these fruit. It covers all aspects of production, from taxonomy and breeding, to propagation, flowering and fruit set, to diseases, pests and postharvest storage and processing. It also contains information on photosynthesis, productivity, plant-water relations and nutrition.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard Litz is a professor emeritus in the Department of Horticultural Sciences of the University of Florida. From 1976 until his retirement in 2011, he was at the Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, where he developed and led a research programme that focused on biotechnology of tropical fruit crops, e.g., avocado, carambola, litchi, longan, mango and papaya. His laboratory hosted postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists from 16 countries in the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa and Asia. He has edited seven books about biotechnology of fruit crops and also about mango and has authored more than 150 refereed publications and book chapters. In retirement, Richard lives in a village on the coast of Maine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0851996965
• ISBN 13: 9780851996967
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Menzel Christopher, Waite Geoff
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible