The peach
Subtitle: botany, production and uses
By: edited by Desmond R. Layne and Daniele Bassi.
Contributors: Layne, Desmond R.; Bassi, Daniele.
Publisher: CABI; CABI Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9781845933869
Subjects: Peach -- Breeding; Peach -- Diseases and pests; Peach -- Harvesting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Botany and taxonomy / D. Bassi and R. Monet; title: History of cultivation and trends in China / H. Huang ... [et al.]; title: Classical genetics and breeding / R. Monet and D. Bassi; title: Genetic engineering and genomics /  A.G. Abbott, P. Arús, and R. Scorza; title: Low-chill cultivar development / B.L. Topp, W.B. Sherman and M.C.B. Raseira; title: Fresh market cultivar development / W.R. Okie, T. Bacon, and D. Bassi; title: Processing peach cultivar development / T.M. Gradziel and J.P. McCaa; title: Rootstock development / G.L. Reighard and F. Loreti; title: Propagation techniques / F. Loreti and S. Morini; title: Carbon assimilation, partitioning and budget modelling / T.M. Dejong and A. Moing; title: Orchard planting systems / L. Corelli-Grappadelli and R.P. Marini; title: Crop load management / R.P. Marini and G.L. Reighard; title: Nutrient and water requirements of peach trees / R.S. Johnson; title: Orchard floor management systems / T.J. Tworkoski and D.M. Glenn; title: Diseases of peach caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms: biology, epidemiology and management / J.E. Adaskaveg, G. Schnabel, and H. Förster; title: Diseases caused by prokaryotes; bacteria and phytoplasmas / D.F. Ritchie, M. Barba, and M.C. Pagani; title: Viruses and viroids of peach trees / M. Cambra ... [et al.]; title: Insects and mites / D.L. Horton, J. Fuest and P. Cravedi; title: Nematodes / A.P. Nyczepir and D. Esmenjaud; title: Preharvest factors affecting peach quality / C.H. Crisosto and G. Costa; title: Ripening, nutrition, and postharvest physiology / A. Ramina, P. Tonutti, and B. McGlasson; title: Harvesting and postharvest handling of peaches for the fresh market; title: C.H. Crisosto and D. Valero.