Tropical Fruits v. 1

The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Tropical Fruits is essential reading for students and teachers of horticulture as well as horticultural industry personnel and policy-makers.

Tropical Fruits Volume 1, 2nd Edition Robert Paull and Odilo Duarte The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address these issues in marketing. Following these are self-contained chapters on single fruits which provide in-depth studies of botany, areas of origin and distribution, descriptions of ecological requirements and world production and utilization of each fruit. Propagation & cultural practices from ancient to modern are described to show the regional differences that environmental and biological pressures exert on fruit production and fruit quality. Tropical Fruits is essential reading for students and teachers of horticulture as well as horticultural industry personnel and policy-makers. Related titles Bananas and Plantains 2nd Edition J.C. Robinson and V. Galán Saúco Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series No. 19 2010 c. 304 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 672 3 Grapes G.L. Creasy and L.L. Creasy Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series No. 16 2009 312 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 401 9 Olives I. Therios Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series No. 18 2008 416 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 458 3 Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Cassava, Sweet Potato, Yams and Aroids V. Lebot Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series No. 17 2008 352 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 424 8

The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address these issues in marketing. Following these are self-contained chapters on single fruits which provide in-depth studies of botany, areas of origin and distribution, descriptions of ecological requirements and world production and utilization of each fruit. Propagation & cultural practices from ancient to modern are described to show the regional differences that environmental and biological pressures exert on fruit production and fruit quality. Tropical Fruits is essential reading for students and teachers of horticulture as well as horticultural industry personnel and policy-makers.