Tropical fruits

Covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. This book describes the tropics and their soils, deals with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, and includes best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address these issues...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paull, Robert E. (Author), Duarte, Odilo (Author)
Corporate Author: C. A. B. International
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U. K. ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Cabi Publishing , c2011
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Crop production science in horticulture series 20
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300 |a viii, 400 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. The tropics, its soils and horticulture -- 3. Cultivation -- 4. Tree management -- 5. Postharvest technology -- 6. Annonas: cherimoya, atemoya and sweetsop -- 7. Avocado -- 8. Banana and plantain -- 9. Litchi and longan -- 10. Mango -- 11. Papaya -- 12. Pineapple 
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