Production of avocados, limes, mangoes, Annona spp., carambolas, longans, Calocarpum sapota [Pouteria sapota], pawpaws, passion fruits, and several other tropical fruits, in southern Florida is discussed.

This paper covers fruit tree introduction under different climatic zones of Israel. African fruit crop species (Cordeauxia edulis, Ricinodendron rautanenii, Harpephyllum caffrum, Selenicereus megalanthus, Cereus peruvianus and Hylocereus undatus) that failed to establish in Israel, as well as those ...

The exploitation of existing cultivars, exotic fruits and wild relatives for fruit crop improvement and the development of new fruit crops is reviewed by considering the following: crop origins; fruit crop improvement; and the search for new fruits, including temperate and subtropical fruits (pome...

Recent trends in horticulture in New Zealand are discussed with reference to the production of (1) established crops such as kiwifruits (Actinidia deliciosa) and apples (Malus × domestica [M. pumila]), (2) the introduction of crops from South America, including tree tomatoes (tamarillos, ...

This review covers the various technologies (such as species selection, vegetative propagation, pollination and fruit set, irrigation, pruning and training, processing and storage) inherent in the origins of some well-known fruits (date palm, olive, grape, fig, sycomore fig, pomegranate, pome ...

A report is given of progress in a research programme initiated in 1984 to introduce and domesticate plants suitable for the Negev desert of Israel. Suitable plant candidates (wild or semi-domesticated perennials yielding nutritious fruits or nuts, plus rarely cultivated fruit trees) were selected...

The origins of modern fruit culture occurred in the Fertile Crescent in the late Neolithic and Bronze Age (6000 to 3000 BCE) with date palm, olive, grape, almond, fig and pomegranate. Central Asian temperate fruits including pome fruits (apple, pear, quince and medlar) and stone fruits (almond,...

The current status of 9 Mediterranean fruit crops in terms of their production, world trade, cultural aspects, management practices, cultivars, associated pests and important products is discussed. The following fruits are covered: olive (Olea europaea), mandarin (Citrus reticulata), fig (Ficus ...

The potential of a number of South American fruit crops, including some presently grown on a limited commercial scale and some which are currently only of importance on a subsistence level within their native range, is examined. Discussions for umbu (Spondias tuberosa), biriba (Rollinia deliciosa), ...

Subtropical fruit crops lag temperate crops in breeding progress with the exception of citrus, although progress is being made in avocado, fig, persimmon and olive. There are no current breeding efforts in pomegranates. In the last decade, molecular characterization using molecular techniques were...