Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Christopher Menzel (Maroochy Research Station, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia) ,
Richard Litz (Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, USA) ,
Geoff Waite (Maroochy Research Station, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia) ,
Geoff Waite (Maroochy Research Station, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia)
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Imprint: CABI Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 17.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.930kg
ISBN: 9780851996967
ISBN 10: 0851996965
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 08 March 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The acquisition of this book by researchers will undoubtedly provide them with great enthusiasm and a clear insight into the development of future research.
This book is an excellent source book for all those involved in litchi and longan research and production. Those with special interest in these two crops will find this a very fine addition to their personal libraries. The acquisition of this book by researchers will undoubtedly provide them with great enthusiasm and a clear insight into the development of future research.
This book is an excellent source book for all those involved in litchi and longan research and production. Those with special interest in these two crops will find this a very fine addition to their personal libraries. --Chronica Horticulturae The acquisition of this book by researchers will undoubtedly provide them with great enthusiasm and a clear insight into the development of future research. --Experimental Agriculture
The acquisition of this book by researchers will undoubtedly provide them with great enthusiasm and a clear insight into the development of future research. --Experimental Agriculture This book is an excellent source book for all those involved in litchi and longan research and production. Those with special interest in these two crops will find this a very fine addition to their personal libraries. --Chronica Horticulturae
Author Information
Richard Litz is a professor emeritus in the Department of Horticultural Sciences of the University of Florida. From 1976 until his retirement in 2011, he was at the Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, where he developed and led a research programme that focused on biotechnology of tropical fruit crops, e.g., avocado, carambola, litchi, longan, mango and papaya. His laboratory hosted postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists from 16 countries in the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa and Asia. He has edited seven books about biotechnology of fruit crops and also about mango and has authored more than 150 refereed publications and book chapters. In retirement, Richard lives in a village on the coast of Maine.
