Guava

Botany, Production and Uses

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2021
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78924-702-2 (ISBN)

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Guava is considered a minor tropical fruit (together with lychee, longan, durian etc.), although is the largest in terms of output. This is the first comprehensive book authored by an international team of experts, and covers botany, biotechnology, propagation, production, pests and diseases, postharvest, and processing.

Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is an exquisite, nutritionally and economically valuable crop of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It outshines other tropical fruits in productivity, hardiness, adaptability, nutritional value, and ensures higher economic returns to growers. Guava is commercially grown in over 70 countries, and is gaining in popularity as a 'super fruit' due to its nutritional and health benefits. Notable recent developments include the potential to improve crop yields and quality. New research has also contributed to better understanding of the crop environment, plant growth and physiology of tree and fruit development, with implications for both breeding and cultivation. Guava is one of the few tree fruits where round-the-year harvest is possible by crop regulation. Interspecific hybridization with wild Psidium species has yielded hybrids which are resistant to wilt (a major guava disease in many countries) and are graft compatible. This book: · is the only publication available in English covering sustainable guava cultivation; · presents the current state of knowledge on the origin, history, physiology, culture and trade of guava throughout the world; and · addresses the major production and post-harvest problems. With contributions from international experts, this is a valuable resource for researchers and students in horticulture, and guava-industry support personnel.

Sisir Mitra worked at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India from 1980 until 2014. He served as Head, Department of Fruits and Orchard Management (1996-2000), Dean, Faculty of Horticulture (2007-2009) and Dean, Post Graduate Studies (2009-2012). Dr Mitra did his post doctoral research (1985-1986) at the Horticulture Research International, East Malling, UK as Commonwealth Fellow and worked as visiting Professor at the Institute Coltivazoni Arboree, Italy (1990), and University of Lavras, Brazil (2016). Hi has published 252 scientific papers, 74 popular articles, 11 books, 1 IBPGR Descriptors and 28 technical reports. He has developed one coconut variety (Kalpa Mitra), two mango (Himsagar-HT 10 and Langra-LT 64 ) and three Jackfruit ( Jt-1, JT 39 and JT 40) clones. Dr Mitra is presently serving as Board Member responsible for publications of ISHS, Science Editor, ISHS and Editor-in-Chief, Fruits: The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture. He is also the Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board of Acta Horticulturae and Chronica Horticulturae. He also serves as Chairman, Working Group on Avocado, and Jackfruit and other Moraceae. Previously he was Chairman,Tropical and Subtropical Fruits.

1: Psidium guajava L.: Taxonomy, Relatives and Possible Origin 2: Production and Trade 3: Composition and Processing 4: Propagation 5: Biotechnology 6: Cultivars and Plant Improvement 7: Plant Nutrition and Irrigation 8: Orchard Management 9: Flowering 10: Fruit Set, Development and Maturation 11: Physiological Disorders 12: Photosynthesis and Productivity 13: Pests 14: Nematodes 15: Diseases 16: Postharvest Physiology and Storage

Erscheinungsdatum	08.06.2021
Reihe/Serie	Botany, Production and Uses
Co-Autor	Siti H Ahmad, Martín Aluja, Fredy H Ballen, Anup K. Bhattacherjee
Verlagsort	Wallingford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 244 mm
Gewicht	1119 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-78924-702-0 / 1789247020
ISBN-13	978-1-78924-702-2 / 9781789247022
Zustand	Neuware