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...

This book has 24 chapters focusing on the postharvest biology and technology of the following tropical and subtropical fruits, i.e. mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), melon (Cucumis melo), nance (Byrsonima crassifolia), noni (Morinda citrifolia), olive (Olea europaea), pawpaw (Carica papaya),...

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.

Exceptionally low temperatures, dropping to about 24° F., were experienced at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the winters of 1947-48 and 1948-49. Meteorological conditions preceding the frosts are described; both winters were characterized by a deficiency in rainfall. Observations are ...

This book has 21 chapters focusing on the postharvest biology and technology of the following tropical and subtropical fruits: acai (Euterpe oleracea), acerola (Malpighia emarginata), achachairu (Garcinia humilis), akee fruit (Blighia sapida), anola (Emblica officinalis [Phyllanthus emblica]),...

The aim of this book is to enhance the awareness of lesser known fruit crops. Twenty-two authors have contributed to the 19 chapters which cover the history, distribution, botany, cultivars, maturity stages, harvesting, postharvest handling and storage, chemical composition, nutritional...

Information on the pollination requirements (including pollinators, pollenizers and the minimum number of plants of a fruit species or cultivar required for successful pollination and fruit production) is important when planning agroforestry projects on small farms, but such information is often...