This small book concerns the potential cultivation of small tropical fruits in Africa for export. Topics covered include fruit quality, climate and soils, site factors, cultural methods, phytosanitary restrictions of importing countries, transport, storage and European Union import statistics for...

Tropical Flora of the Earth contains inexhaustible stock of genetic resources. Review of the main fruit trees and woody plants of this region has been carried out. Their characteristics, biological features, data on their places of origin and regions of cultivation are given. Information on the...

This book was first published under the title Fruits of India: tropical and subtropical. It was updated in 1990 and the title changed to reflect the change in content, a number of fruit crops widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions, but not popular in India, being included. Thirty-one...

Two introductory chapters on the tropics and its soils, and cultivation and postharvest handling of tropical fruits, are followed by chapters on the following tropical (and subtropical) fruits: annonas; avocados; bananas; carambolas; guavas; litchis, longans and rambutans; mangoes; papayas...

Plant breeding has undergone a period of very rapid and significant development in recent years and the area of fruit breeding is no exception. This book provides a balanced, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the developments in the field of breeding tropical and subtropical fruits. It...

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 multiauthor book contains an introductory chapter on postharvest handling of tropical and subtropical fruits for export, followed by individual chapters on the following fruits: citrus; bananas and plantains; mangoes; pineapples; guavas; pawpaws; litchis; kiwifruits; olives; figs; cherimoyas;...

The suitability of modified and controlled atmospheres for storage and transport of tropical fruits is reviewed and research on these topics in the following fruits is described: avocados; bananas and plantains; cherimoyas; durians; feijoas; guavas; lanzons (langsat); loquats; longans; Litchi; ...

This book has 22 chapters focusing on the postharvest biology and technology of the following tropical and subtropical fruits: cocona (Solanum sessiliflorum), coconut (Cocos nucifera), dabai (Canarium odontophyllum), date (Phoenix dactylifera), durian (Durio zibethenus), feijoa (Acca sellowiana),...