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Titre :
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Fundamentals of temperate zone tree fruit production
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Auteurs :
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J. Tromp, - Editeur scientifique ;
A. Webster, - Editeur scientifique ;
S. Wertheim, - Editeur scientifique
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Type de document :
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ouvrage
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Editeur :
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Leiden [NLD] : Backhuys Publishers, 2005
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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90-578-2152-4
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Format :
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XI-400 p. / ill.
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Note générale :
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Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Mots-clés:
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CULTURE FRUITIERE
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ARBRE FRUITIER
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ZONE TEMPEREE
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Résumé :
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this book covers a wide range of topics related to fruit growing and is intended for those actively involved in temperate pome and stone fruit production, including growers, nurserymen, advisors, postharvest specialists, teachers and students. It aims to explain the underlying principles of fruit cultivation. Ten authors (including the 3 editors) have contributed to the 26 chapters, which are as follows: The origin, distribution and genetic diversity of temperate tree fruits; Sites and soils for temperate tree-fruit production: their selection and amelioration; Water relations; Metabolic processes; Mineral nutrition; Dormancy; Frost and plant hardiness; Seed (generative/sexual) propagation of fruit trees and juvenility; Vegetative (asexual) propagation; Roots and root growth; Shoot growth; Breeding; Rootstocks and interstems; Pruning; Planting system and tree shape; Flower-bud formation; Flowering, pollination and fruit set; Fruit growth and development; Manipulation of growth and development by plant bioregulators; Ripening and fruit quality; Fruit storage; Storage disorders and diseases; Pest ecology and management; Disease in deciduous fruit production; Integrated and organic weed control in pome and stone fruit; and Virus diseases in pome and stone fruit.
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