SubjectThe Biology of Apples and Pears
Series: BIOLOGY OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS
John E Jackson
500 pages, 59 line diagrams, 7 half-tones, 80 tables.
Softcover | 2005 | #156106 | ISBN: 0521021057
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Hardcover | 2003 | #138717 | ISBN: 0521380189
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Introduction; 1. The growing of apples and pears; 2. Apples and pears and their relatives; 3. Apple and pear root systems: induction, development, structure and function; 4. The graft union, grafting and budding; 5. Mechanisms of rootstock and interstock effects on scion vigour; 6. The shoot system; 7. Leaves, canopies and light interception; 8. Photosynthesis, respiration, and carbohydrate transport partitioning and storage; 9. Flowers and fruits; 10. Eating quality and its retention; 11. Mineral nutrition; 12. Water relations; 13. Diseases, pests and resistance to these; 14. Biotechnology of apples and pears; Index.
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