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9780851996967

Litchi and Longan : Botany, Cultivation and Uses

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  • ISBN13:

    9780851996967

  • ISBN10:

    0851996965

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-23
  • Publisher: Cab Intl

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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 fruits. 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.

Table of Contents

Origin, history, production and processingp. 1
Taxonomy, botany and plant developmentp. 25
Propagationp. 35
Biotechnologyp. 49
Cultivars and plant improvementp. 59
Floweringp. 87
Fruit set, development and maturationp. 115
Fruit disordersp. 141
Photosynthesis and productivityp. 153
Plant water relations and irrigationp. 183
Plant nutrition and fertilizingp. 209
Pestsp. 237
Diseasesp. 261
Harvesting and storagep. 273
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