Strawberries

Strawberries

Author: James F. Hancock
ISBN: 9780851993393
Pages: 240
Format: 16 Χ 23
Binding: Paperback
Pub. Year: 1999


Readership
Advanced students and professional growers in horticulture.

Main Description
This book is the first single author work to be published for more than thirty years that provides a broad, balanced review of our scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation. In recent years, methods of strawberry culture have undergone extensive modifications and the strawberry industry has expanded considerably in a number of countries in Europe and Asia, as well as in North America. This title covers aspects from taxonomy, ecology, morphology and genetics to environmental physiology, disease and pest control, fruit ripening, storage and processing.
• An excellent, concise overview of strawberries and their cultivation
• Part of the popular Crop Production Science in Horticulture Series
• Worldwide in scope.

Main Contents
• The Strawberry Industry
• The Strawberry Species
• History of Strawberry Domestication
• Breeding and Genetics
• Structural and Developmental Physiology
• Cultural Systems
• Fruiting and Postharvest Physiology
• Pest and Disease Management