The peach: botany, production and uses

• Published in: The peach: botany, production and uses
• Main Authors: Layne, D, Bassi, D
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI 2008
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Acari; Acholeplasmataceae; Acholeplasmatales; angiosperms; animals; APEC countries; Arachnida; arthropod pests; arthropods; Asia; Bacteria; bacterium; Breeding; Candidatus Phytoplasma; carbon; carbon assimilation; carbon dioxide fixation; chilling requirement; control; crop production; crop quality; cultivars; cultivated varieties; cultivation; Developing Countries; Diseases and pests; East Asia; eelworms; epidemiology; eudicots; eukaryotes; fruits; fungal diseases; fungi; fungus; genetic engineering; genetic improvement; genetic manipulation; genetic transformation; genetically engineered organisms; genetically engineered plants; genetically modified organisms; genetically modified plants; GEOs; GMOs; Harvesting; Hexapoda; insect control; insect pests; insects; invertebrates; mite control; mites; Mollicutes; Nematoda; nematode control; nematodes; orchards; parasites; pathogens; Peach; peaches; People's Republic of China; pest arthropods; pest control; pest insects; pests; photosynthesis; phytopathogenic bacteria; phytopathogenic fungi; phytopathogens; Phytoplasma; plant disease control; plant diseases; plant nutrition; plant parasites; plant parasitic nematodes; plant pathogenic bacteria; plant pathogenic fungi; plant pathogens; plant pests; plant propagation; plant viruses; plant water relations; plants; postharvest physiology; postharvest systems; processing; prokaryotes; propagation; Prunus; Prunus persica; ripening; rootstocks; Rosaceae; Rosales; Spermatophyta; systematics; taxonomy; Tenericutes; transgenic organisms; transgenic plants; viroids; viruses; viruses of plants; water requirements; China
• ISBN: 9781845933869; 1845933869
• DOI: 10.1079/9781845933869.0000

The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour plates section. Chapters written by international authorities address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and postharvest physiology. The book also includes a contribution on the history of cultivation and production trends in China with historical references dating back to 1100 BC for the first time in the English language.