Blueberries - Couverture souple

Retamales, Jorge; Hancock, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845938267 ISBN 13 : 9781845938260

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Blueberry cultivation has increased dramatically as production has shifted into new regions. Blueberries are now widely available as food and also processed to be used in medicine and pharmaceuticals for their antioxidant properties. This new and practical book covers the major topics of interest to blueberry breeders and researchers including botany, physiology, nutrition, growth regulation, photosynthesis, environment, weeds, pests, diseases and postharvest management. The main focus is on the most important cultivated species, the highbush blueberry, although information on other blueberries and related species is also provided. It is an essential resource for soft fruit researchers, extension workers, academics, breeders, growers, and students.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jorge B. Retamales is a retired Professor, Departamento de Horticultura, Universidad de Talca, Chile. He is an advisor to several blueberry producing and exporting companies in Chile and Peru. He received his BS in Agricultural Engineering at the Universidad de Chile (Santiago, Chile). After managing fruit orchards for five years in southern Chile he obtained a Fulbright Scholarship to study an MS and a Ph. D. in Fruit Physiology at Michigan State University. Upon returning to Chile he worked for 30 years as assistant professor and later full professor at the Department of Horticulture of the Universidad de Talca. The emphasis of his research was fruit physiology and nutrition of apples, strawberries and blueberries. He was Director of the Department of Horticulture and later Dean of the College of Agricultural Engineering. Later on he was appointed for four years Director of Research and four years Director of Graduate Studies at the Universidad de Talca. Between 2004 and 2022 he was President of the Chilean Society for Horticultural Science. In the period 2006-2022 he represented Chile at the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). Between 2010 and 2018 he was the leader of the Strawberry Working Group. Later on (2018-2022) acted as the head of the Vine and Berry Fruits Division of the ISHS.

James F. Hancock is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. He received his BS in Biology from Baldwin Wallace College (Berea, Ohio), a MS in Botany at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and a Ph.D. in Genetics at the University of California, Davis. After a short stint in the Biology Department at the University of South Carolina, he moved to Michigan State University (MSU) as an assistant professor of Horticulture, where he was for over thirty years, being promoted to Professor in 1986. He was the Director of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Program at MSU from 2004 to 2009. The emphasis of his research has been on the breeding and genetics of blueberries and strawberries, and he has published prodigiously in these areas. His previous books have been "The Strawberry", "The Blueberry" (with Jorge Retamales), "Plantation Crops: Power and Plunder, Evolution and Exploitation" and "Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species". He has also edited "Temperate Fruit Crop Genetics: Germplasm to Genomics", and "Environmental Biosafety" (with Rebecca Grumet, Karim Maredia and Cholani Weebadde). He is fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Wilder medal recipient of the American Pomological Society, a former Fulbright Fellow to Chile and received the Technology Transfer Achievement Award from the Innovation Center of MSU for his blueberry cultivar releases.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845938267
• ISBN 13: 9781845938260
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible