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...

All the tropical fruit consumed in Turkey has been imported with the exception of banana (partial) and avocado. Banana, pineapple, coconut, avocado and mango are major tropical fruit species among this importation. Importations of the other tropical crops are limited due to sensitivity to...

The fruit production in the tropics offers a greater scope to modify a plant's flowering and fruiting cycles than in temperate areas. Changing the normal seasonal flowering cycle offers growers considerable economic advantages, by enhancing the ability to market tropical fruit in the off-season. A...

Objective: To investigate antimicrobial activity of solvent extracts of ethanol, acetone, ethyl acetate and hexane of tropical fruits (dragon fruit, starfruit, pineapple, mango, litchi, longan, orange and wax apple) and their wastes (longan shell, litchi shell, longan seed, banana peel, dragon ...

Cocoa Agronomy (pp. 4-23): Pruning and spacing trials; a comparison of the growth and yield of 4 cacao types; Leucaena glauca[Leucaena leucocephala] fertilizer and inoculum trial; determination of the optimum economic level of fertilizer application for cacao; planting method trial; shade/spacing/...

Taiwan's scientists have bred and released a number of fruit cultivars last decade, including papaya, Indian jujube, pineapple, wax apple, guava, mango, lychee, sugar apple pitaya and carambola. These new cultivars provide a richer choice of healthy products and better fruit quality that enrich the ...

The performance of 10 fruit species, namely pomegranate (Punica granatum), guava (Psidium guajava), sapote (Achras sapota [Manilkara zapota]), baelpather (Aegle marmelos), amla (Emblica officinalis [Phyllanthus emblica]), ber (Ziziphus mauritiana), karaunda (Carissa carandas), date palm (Phoenix...

The research referred to in the title is that conducted by the Philippine College of Agriculture during the 25 years of its existence. A few items only can be mentioned there. Cacao. Forestero proved the most suitable cacao for local conditions. It gave a higher yield under shade than in the open. ...

Results of research on bananas and pineapples are summarized on pp. 69-86 and pp. 87-103, respectively. Work on these and other fruits is further reported under Research Station headings as follows: Antilles Section (pp. 107-21): Banana research on root growth, deficiencies in major elements, N...