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Strawberries.

Author(s) : HANCOCK J. F.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

This book in the "Crop production science in horticulture series" describes the biology of the plant as well as the principles that underlie its cultivation. It covers aspects ranging from taxonomy, ecology, morphology and genetics to environmental physiology, disease and pest control, fruit ripening, storage and processing. The cultivars and production systems, applicable in different climatic zones, are reviewed. Extract from the table of contents: the strawberry industry; strawberry species; history of strawberry domestication; breeding and genetics; structural and developmental physiology (temperature regulation of development, dormancy, cold hardiness); cultural systems (harvesting); fruiting and postharvest physiology fruit ripening processes (handling and storage of fresh fruit, processing fruit); pest and disease management.

Details

  • Original title: Strawberries.
  • Record ID : 2001-2573
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: CABI - United kingdom/United kingdom
  • Publication date: 1999/11
  • Collection:
  • ISBN: 0851993397
  • Source: Source: 240 p. (15.5 x 23.4); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; index; GBP 25.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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