Notes are given on family, vernacular names, origin and distribution, ecology, botanical characteristics, cultural requirements, wood uses and food value of 43 species, in the context of the FAO forestry for local community development programme.

This directory of tropical and subtropical fruits and tree nuts collections supersedes the one published by IBPGR in 1984. The 64 269 accessions that are documented, representing 191 genera and 879 species, are divided into 14 crop sections. The collections documented are maintained by 242...

The aims of this study were: to develop blends of flour with a high nutritional value, based on Andean crops, for weaning children and pre-school age children; to establish the nutritional value of such products, through chemical analysis and biological tests; and to produce these blends at a small ...

Techniques for nursery propagation, topworking and the clonal propagation of rootstocks are reviewed. Fruits mentioned include Annona, aonla (Phyllanthus emblica), avocados, bananas, cashews, ber [Ziziphus mauritiana], Citrus, grapes, guavas, jackfruits, litchis, loquats, mangoes, pineapples and ...

The report gives an overall market guide of wholesale market prices for avocado, carambola, coconut, durian, fig, guava, jackfruit, mangosteen, papaya, rambutan and star apple sold in Australian wholesale markets over the period January 1994 to December 1996. The markets analysed for the report...

Data on soils, crops and fertilizers are assembled with the object of increasing the efficiency of fertilizer use. Crops for which detailed recommendations are given include oil palm, coconut, cacao, coffee, sugar cane, durian and rambutan, jackfruit and chempedak [Artocarpus sp.], guava, soursop [...

Red and lateritic soils are one of the most horticulturally important soil groups of India occupying 107 million ha, approximately one third of the cultivated area of the country. The prominent tropical and subtropical fruit crops grown on these soils are mango, citrus, banana, guava, papaya,...

Biology and control are described briefly for insect and mite pests of banana, Citrus, custard apple [Annona reticulata], fig, jackfruit [Artocarpus heterophyllus], papaya [pawpaw], pineapple and sapota [sapodilla] in India.

Each of the 31 crops or crop groups, belonging to 22 families, is treated separately: following an introduction, brief information is presented on taxonomy, botany, origin, distribution, ecology, agronomy, diseases, pests, genetics, improvement and germplasm conservation. Data on germplasm...

This embraces reports from 32 stations, including 4 for fruit and 1 for sugar-cane. Pomological Station, Coonoor, Nilgiris. Variety, nursery and orchard trials with apples, pears, plums, peach and persimmon are briefly reported. Other fruits referred to are prune, apricot, cherimoyer, passion...