Temperate Tree Fruits and Nuts serves as a comprehensive resource, providing up-to-date knowledge about economically significant temperate fruit crops. This textbook covers the history, genetic improvements, and growth physiology of these crops. It details orchard establishment, management practices, and harvest considerations, making it a standalone guide to sustainable fruit crop production in temperate climates. Targeted toward undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as professionals in pomology, horticulture, and related fields, the book is essential for researchers, farmers, consultants, and agribusiness professionals.
Each chapter, authored by an expert, provides an introduction, botany, orchard management, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars, and disease and pest management. It also covers ripening, harvest criteria, postharvest physiology, and technology, complemented by high-quality illustrations and a question bank for instructors.
Each chapter, authored by an expert, provides an introduction, botany, orchard management, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars, and disease and pest management. It also covers ripening, harvest criteria, postharvest physiology, and technology, complemented by high-quality illustrations and a question bank for instructors.
Table of Contents
- Apple (Malus x domestica)
- Pear (Pyrus communis, Pyrus serotina)
- Peach/Nectarine (Prunus persica)
- Sweet cherry (Prunus avium)
- Sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)
- Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
- Plum and (Prunus salicina) and prune (Prunus domestica)
- Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, Actinidia chinensis)
- Fig (Ficus carica)
- Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
- Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
- Almond (Prunus duclis)
- Walnut (Juglans spp.)
- Pistachio (Pistacia vera)
