Litchi and longan: botany, production and uses

• Published in: Litchi and longan: botany, production and uses
• Main Authors: Menzel, C. M, Waite, G. K
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2005; CABI
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Africa; Africa South of Sahara; America; angiosperms; anthesis; APEC countries; Asia; Australasia; breeding methods; Commonwealth of Nations; crop production; crop quality; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Dimocarpus; Dimocarpus longan; Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan; Dimocarpus longan var. longan; East Asia; eudicots; eukaryotes; Europe; flowering; fruit set; geographical distribution; Gulf States of USA; Litchi; Litchi chinensis; Longan; longans; lychees; North America; Oceania; OECD Countries; pathogens; People's Republic of China; pests; phytopathogens; plant development; plant diseases; plant pathogens; plant pests; plant propagation; plants; postharvest treatment; processing; propagation; quality for storage; Sapindaceae; Sapindales; South Atlantic States of USA; Southeast Asia; Southeastern States of USA; Southern States of USA; Spermatophyta; storage quality; subsaharan Africa; systematics; taxonomy; United States of America; USA; South East Asia; Africa South of Sahara; USA; China; Southern Africa; Southern Europe; Australia; Florida
• ISBN: 9780851996967; 0851996965
• DOI: 10.1079/9780851996967.0000

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 fruit. 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.