Litchi and Longan: Botany, Production and Uses
Edited by C Menzel, Maroochy Research Station, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia; G K Waite, Maroochy Research Station, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia
Pub Date: March 2005
Hardback
336 pages
Readership
Researchers and practitioners in horticulture and botany
Key Features
• Provides a standard reference tool for producers, importers and exporters
• Written by leading scientists from Australia, China, India, Israel, Thailand and the USA
• 72 colour plates
Main Description
Litchi (lychee) and the related fruit longan are grown extensively in China and South-East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA), Southern Europe and Southern Africa. This book represents the only comprehensive, balanced and internationally focused publication on these fruit. It covers all aspects of production, from taxonomy and breeding, to propagation, flowering and fruit set, to diseases, pests and postharvest storage and processing. It also contains information on photosynthesis, productivity, plant-water relations and nutrition.
Reviews
• "This book is an excellent source book for all those involved in litchi and longan research and production. Those with special interest in these two crops will find this a very fine addition to their personal libraries."
Prof. Robert E. Paull, Chronica Horticulturae, 45(3), 2005
• "The acquisition of this book by researchers will undoubtedly provide them with great enthusiasm and a clear insight into the development of future research.
C T Atkinson, Experimental Agriculture, 42, 2006
Main Contents
• Origin, history, production and processing, X Huang, South China Agricultural University, China, S Mitra, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, India, S Subhadrabandhu, Katsetsart University, Thailand, R Ben-Arie, Fruit Storage Laboratory, Israel, and R A Stern, Galilee Technology Center, Israel
• Taxonomy, botany and plant development, S Subhadrabandhu and R A Stern
• Propagation, S K Mitra, and P K Ray, Rajendra Agricultural University, India
• Biotechnology, R E Litz, S Raharjo, K Matsumoto and Witjaksono, University of Florida, USA
• Cultivars and plant improvement, C M Menzel, X Huang, and C Liu, South China Agricultural University, China
• Flowering, T L Davenport, University of Florida, USA, and R A Stern
• Fruit set, development and maturation,
Litchi, H Huang, South China Agricultural University, China
Longan, R A Stern
• Fruit disorders, X Huang
• Photosynthesis and productivity, C M Menzel
• Plant water relations and irrigation, C M Menzel
• Plant nutrition and fertilizing, C M Menzel
• Pests, G K Waite
• Diseases, L Coates, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Australia, E Zhou, South China Agricultural University, China, and C Sittigul, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Harvesting and storage, D M Holcroft, Dole Fresh Vegetables, USA, H Lin, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China, and S Ketsa, Katsetsart University, Thailand
