Description
Book SynopsisThe Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour plates section. Chapters written by international authorities address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and postharvest physiology. The book also includes a contribution on the history of cultivation and production trends in China with historical references dating back to 1100 BC for the first time in the English language.
Table of Contents1: Botany and Taxonomy 2: History of Cultivation and Trends in China 3: Classical Genetics and Breeding 4: Genetic Engineering and Genomics 5: Low-Chill Cultivar Development 6: Fresh Market Cultivar Development 7: Processing Peach Cultivar Development 8: Rootstock Development 9: Propagation Techniques 10: Carbon Assimilation, Partitioning and Budget Modeling 11: Orchard Planting Systems 12: Crop Load Management 13: Nutrient and Water Requirements of Peach Trees 14: Orchard Floor Management Systems 15: Diseases of Peach Caused by Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms: Biology, Epidemiology, and Management 16: Diseases Caused by Prokaryotes - Bacteria and Phytoplasmas 17: Viruses and Viroids of Peach Trees 18: Insects and Mites 19: Nematodes 20: Preharvest Factors Affecting Peach Quality 21: Ripening, Nutrition, and Postharvest Physiology 22: Harvesting and Postharvest Handling of Peaches for the Fresh Market"
