The Avocado -

The Avocado

Botany, Production and Uses
Buch | Hardcover
688 Seiten
2024 | 3rd edition
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80062-180-0 (ISBN)
218,20 inkl. MwSt
Avocado production is continuing to expand, and is expected to reach 12 million tonnes by 2030, more than 3 times its 2010 level. Now in its 3rd edition, this is the only book which provides a comprehensive review of avocado production, science and technology.
The avocado industry is evolving rapidly. Avocado production has almost doubled recently, with significant expansion in areas planted, especially in Latin America, but also in Africa and Asia. Moreover, the global demand for avocado keeps on growing. The Avocado, 3rd edition is a unique and comprehensive source of information for avocado researchers, and covers everything from the history and distribution, novel agronomic practices, ecological and climatic requirements, and emerging diseases and pest problems. It compiles state-of-the-art information to promote more sustainable production systems and better preparedness to face the challenges that will shape the future of avocado production. This fully updated third edition includes many new international contributors especially from those regions with active and expanding avocado industries. Considering the expansion in avocado consumption, it also includes a new chapter on avocado uses and human nutrition. This is a valuable resource for avocado researchers, academicians and students of horticulture and botany, advisers, professional growers and practitioners in the industry.

Daniel Carrillo (Edited By) Dr Daniel Carrillo conducts fundamental and applied research on biological and environmental processes that affect the population dynamics and spread of plant-associated pest and beneficial arthropods in tropical/subtropical fruit crop systems. He specializes in two main areas: biological control, and the ecology and management of invasive insects and mites. Dr. Carrillo investigates factors that disrupt the beneficial activities of natural enemies and pollinators, and that hinder the development of solutions to mitigate these problems. Additionally, he studies the compatibility between biological and chemical control measures by determining the relative toxicity of pesticides to natural enemies and pollinators, and the compatibility and/or antagonism between biological control agents. Likewise, Dr. Carrillo's research focuses on multi-trophic interactions between host plants, pest arthropods and natural enemies, and how these affect the outcome of a biological control program. Lastly, he has a special interest in the ecology and management of invasive arthropods with a priority focus on vectors of plant pathogens. Bruce Schaffer (Edited By) Bruce Schaffer is a Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida, USA. He is internationally recognized for his research on ecophysiology of subtropical and tropical horticultural crops, particularly fruit crops, including avocado. In addition to the seven books and proceedings he has edited, he is author or co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in over 40 different journals plus more than 160 other publications including book chapters, technical reports, proceedings papers, and abstracts B Nigel Wolstenholme (Edited By) Nigel Wolstenholme (B.Sc. Agric. cum laude, Horticultural Science, 1960, Ph.D 1967) studied and lectured (1960 - 1998) at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, retiring in 1999. He became Head of the Department of Horticultural Science in 1988. Four year-long sabbaticals, two at Texas A & M University (pecan nut research), and two with co-editor Tony Whiley at Maroochy Horticultural Research Station, Queensland, Australia (avocado research), broadened his horizons. Since the mid - 1970's, research emphasized was the ecology, ecophysiology and horticultural manipulation of subtropical fruit crops for optimization of yield and fruit quality. He supervised or co-supervised 22 completed M.Sc. Agric. and 10 Ph.D candidates. Peer-reviewed scientific papers numbered ca. 60, plus 8 book chapters and 2 book co-editorships, and ca 190 industry-oriented scientific articles of various types. Amongst his prestigeous awards were the Golden Avocado Award (South African Avocado Growers' Association 1998), and Fellow of the University of Natal (1999). Anthony W Whiley (Edited By) Anthony W Wiley is an Independent Consultant with Sunshine Horticultural Services Pty Ltd in Australia.

1: Introduction 1 2: History, Distribution and Uses 3: Taxonomy and Botany 4: Genetics and Breeding 5: Ecology: Climate, Soils, Biogeography, Climatic Variability, and Climate Change 6: Reproductive Biology 7: Ecophysiology 8: Cultivars and Rootstocks 9: Propagation 10: Biotechnology 11: Water and Nutrient Management 12: Crop Management 13: Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne Diseases 14: Insect and Mite Pests 15: Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and Processing 16: Uses and Human Nutrition

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.12.2024
Reihe/Serie Botany, Production and Uses
Co-Autor Martín Aluja
Verlagsort Wallingford
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 244 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Botanik
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 1-80062-180-9 / 1800621809
ISBN-13 978-1-80062-180-0 / 9781800621800
Zustand Neuware
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