Nutrition of Fruit Crops explores nutrient management strategies essential for sustainable fruit production. The book presents foundational principles of plant nutrition, diagnosis of nutrient defic……続きを見る
Abiotic Stress Management in Fruit Crops explores the growing challenges posed by abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature fluctuations, soil degradation, and environmental pollution ……続きを見る
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Spices constitute an important group of agricultural commodities which, since antiquity, have been used for flavouring foods. Some species are used in the pharmaceutical, perfumery, cosmetics and re……続きを見る
This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on mite pests in agriculture.
The first chapter offers a holistic approach to integrated mite management by reviewing the basics of mit……続きを見る
This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on understanding and tackling Fusarium wilt in global banana production.
The first chapter examines the way in which monoculture has affected the banana……続きを見る
This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on machine vision applications in agriculture.
The first chapter examines recent advances in machine vision technologies for the measurement of soil tex……続きを見る
Conventional plant breeding alone can no longer sustain the rising global demand for food. Genetic engineering technology makes it possible to develop new crop varieties with improved yield performa……続きを見る
"Horticultural Crops: Disease Prevention Made Easy" provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing diseases in horticultural crops. We start by explaining the fundamental concepts of h……続きを見る
The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the world's most important palms, and contributes significantly to the income and livelihood of many people in tropical countries. Widely referred to a……続きを見る
Imagine walking through a lush forest, the ground soft beneath your feet, a gentle breeze rustling the leaves. Birdsong fills the air, and the tension in your body begins to melt away.
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'The Handbook of Horticulture' provides comprehensive subject-based reviews of horticulture in Tropical African regions generally and west of the sub-Saharan region in particular. This book aims to ……続きを見る
Dragon fruit (pitaya) is a perennial climbing cactus, native to the tropical areas of North, Central and South America. It is suited to tropical and subtropical regions and is commercially grown in ……続きを見る
The European or Mediterranean cultivated olive (Olea europaea L., subsp. europaea, var. europaea) is an ancient crop notable for its early domestication. Today, hundreds of olive varieties are grown……続きを見る
Kiwifruit is one of the few fruit crops that has been successfully introduced to the marketplace and for which commercial production in several countries has expanded rapidly over the last 50 years.……続きを見る
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a tree belonging to the palm family (Arecaceae) and is cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. Over the past century, it has become a major commercial fruit cro……続きを見る
Peach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits. This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production proces……続きを見る
Discusses developments in good agricultural practice from crop growth models to improved water and nutrition management;
Reviews advances in understanding plant physiology and genetic diversity as ……続きを見る
Discusses advances in research on vegetable physiology and genetics
Comprehensive review of research on best practice in cultivation, including soil health, pest management as well as organic and p……続きを見る
Detailed review of advances understanding and optimising the physical, chemical and biological properties of substrates to optimise their use
Strong focus on sustainability issues such as alternati……続きを見る
Focuses on advances in preservation technologies such as advanced modelling of cooling patterns, dynamic controlled atmosphere and improving use of 1-MCP as an ethylene inhibitor
Reviews strengths ……続きを見る
Assesses current yields in different regions and constraints in improving productivity
Discusses all the key stages in cultivation needed to make banana production more efficient
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Focus on key issues in expanding the genetic base for Musa, including, exploiting current collections of germplasm and collecting and evaluating wild Musa species and landraces
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Reviews the impact of climate change on the increasing threat of biotic and abiotic stresses to the turfgrass industry, as well as the challenge of treating diseased turf in the face of fungicide r……続きを見る
Provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of research on analysing, understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables, focussing primarily on phytochemicals/ph……続きを見る
This specially curated collection features five reviews of current and key research on vertical farming in horticulture.
The first chapter describes and evaluates technologies and methods for growin……続きを見る
Comprehensive review of current research on the causes of major fungal, bacterial and viral diseases of tree fruit
Summarises current understanding of the ecology of key insect pests of tree fruit
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This book is an informative introduction to the post-harvest technology of horticultural crops, and their conservation and management. The different post-harvest handling operations including storag……続きを見る
The first section of the book includes information about how tourism-related infrastructure and activities promote biological invasions, including key pathways for non-native invasive species introd……続きを見る
Allium crops include more than 30 species, many of which (for e.g. onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, bunching onions, and chives) are of economic importance. Bulb onions rank second only to tomatoes ……続きを見る
