Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables: Volume II
Subtitle: Diagnosis and Management
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9781402018237
Subjects: Horticulture; Plant pathology & diseases; Science; Flowers; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Botany; Science / Botany; Environmental Science; Diseases and pests; Fruit; Vegetables
First sentence: Documentation regarding the close relatives of avocado, all in the subgenus Persea, as well as the occurrence of some primitive avocados, supports the theory that the region, including central Mexico through Guatemala and into Central America is the center of the origin of the avocado.