Fruit Breeding, Volume 3, Nuts
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Fruit Breeding, Volume 3, Nuts
Author: Jules Janick, James N. Moore
ISBN: 9780471126690
Pages: 278
Format: 17 X 24
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 1996
This book is the third volume of a three volume reference set that will provide comprehensive information on breeding commercial horticultural crops. In a systematic way, it deals with the history and commercial importance of each fruit, the origin and early development of cultivation, regional characteristics, breeding objectives, and fruit characteristics such as color shape and disease resistance. Volume III deals with, for example, almonds, pecans/hickories, and walnuts.
Table of Contents
Almonds (D. Kester and T. Graziel).
Chestnuts (G. Miller, et al.).
Hazelnuts (M. Thompson, et al.).
Pecans and Hickories (L. Grauke and T. Thompson).
Walnuts (H. Forde and G. McGranahan).
Index.