Botany, Production and Uses Series

Almonds

Botany, Production and Uses

Hardback
August 2017
9781780643540
More details
  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    21st August 2017
  • ISBN 9781780643540
  • Language English
  • Pages 510 pp.
  • Size 6.75" x 9.5"
  • Images tables, graphs & color photos
$231.65

This book provides a comprehensive overview of almond growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, covering botany in addition to processing and industrial uses. Almonds are an important crop; they are highly regarded for their flavor, nutritional properties and culinary uses, and almond oil is used widely in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical production. They are easy to transport and have long storability, facilitating global dissemination. Demand is constantly increasing and global production has more than doubled in the last 20 years.

The popularity of almonds and the increase in demand has required new plantings and a response to ongoing changes in cultural and climatic conditions. Almonds: Botany, Production and Uses meets the need for up-to-date information on this crop and covers:

• Botany and taxonomy
• Cultivation, genetics, and breeding
• Propagation, orchard management, and harvesting
• Pests and diseases
• Nutrition, marketing, and utilization

Authored by an international team of experts and presented in full color throughout, this book is an essential resource for academic researchers and extension workers in addition to growers, orchard managers, and industry personnel.

1: Botany and Taxonomy
2: History of Cultivation
3: Production and Growing Regions
4: Almond in the Southern Hemisphere
5: Classical Genetics and Breeding
6: Molecular Breeding and Genomics
7: Late-blooming Cultivar Development
8: Pollen-Style (In)compatibility: Development of Autogamous Cultivars
9: Rootstock Development
10: Propagation Techniques
11: Orchard Systems and Management
12: Climatic Requirements
13: Nutrient and Water Requirements
14: Diseases: Fungi, Bacteria, Viruses, and Nematodes,
15: Pests: Insects, Mites, Birds, and Rodents
16: Harvesting
17: Composition
18: Marketing
19: Almond Utilization

Rafel Socias i Company

Rafel Socias i Company is with Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA) de Aragón, Spain.

Thomas M. Gradziel

Thomas M. Gradziel is at the University of California.