Temperate Tree Fruits and Nuts

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-29137-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Temperate Tree Fruits and Nuts presents up-to-date information regarding economically important temperate fruit crops in a comprehensive manner. It explains the history, genetic improvements, and production physiology of growth and cropping. It delves into orchard establishment and management, and harvest considerations for sustainable fruit crop production under temperate conditions. This textbook functions as a one-stop standalone resource that provides all relevant information considered essential to the field of Pomology. Temperate Tree Fruits and Nuts is targeted toward undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals in the field of pomology (fruit crops). It is broadly useful for students pursuing degrees in horticulture, agricultural science, plant science, or related fields. Additionally, it is an essential resource for researchers, researchers, farmers, consultants, industrial stakeholders, and agribusiness professionals involved in critical aspects of fruit and nut production, and orchard management. Each chapter is focused on a specific temperate fruit crop and authored by an expert for that crop. The outline of each chapter will include an introduction, and information on origin-spread and economic importance. It will offer an exposition of the botany and relevant species of the crop, and details on orchard management (fertilization, irrigation, pruning, thinning), propagation, rootstocks, cultivars, and main diseases and their management. Lastly each chapter will delineate the main pests attacking the fruit crop, and their management, as well as ripening, harvest criteria, postharvest physiology, and technology of the fruit crop. This textbook incorporates supplementary resources in the form of high-quality graphic illustrations for students and a question bank for instructors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manganaris, George

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Apple (Malus x domestica)
2. Pear (Pyrus communis, Pyrus serotina)
3. Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
4. Peach/Nectarine (Prunus persica)
5. Sweet cherry (Prunus avium)
6. Sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)
7. Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
8. Plum and (Prunus salicina) and prune (Prunus domestica)
9. Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, Actinidia chinensis)
10. Fig (Ficus carica)
11. Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
12. Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
13. Almond (Prunus duclis)
14. Walnut (Juglans spp.)
15. Pistachio (Pistacia vera)
16. Hazelnut (Coryllus avellana)

Über Autor(innen)

Manganaris, George
George Manganaris is founder and Director of CUT Fruit Sciences & Posharvest Group (www.fruitsciences.eu) at Cyprus University of Technology (CUT). His main scientific interests include the quality evaluation/phytochemical profile of horticultural products (fleshy fruits and grapes) with the employment of physiological, biochemical and molecular approaches, the elucidation of fruit ripening syndrome with emphasis in the development of physiological disorders and overall the postharvest maintenance of fresh produce. Additionally, he is involved in projects and/or synergies dealing with the application of preharvest treatments and/or novel technologies for maintaining quality of horticultural crops and their responsiveness to abiotic conditions. To date, Dr. Manganaris is the author of 60 scientific papers in referred journals (3600 citations, h-index=31). Data from his work have also been presented in review papers (4), book chapters (16) and full texts in Conference proceedings (11). He is Council Member and elected Vice Chair at the Division Temperate Tree Fruits at ISHS. In the past he has organized three ISHS symposiums and has acted as editor of the Proceedings of the X ISHS Peach Symposium (Acta Horticulturae 1352), V International Postharvest Unlimited Symposium (Acta Horticulturae 1079) and the III International Horticulture in Europe Symposium (Acta Horticulturae 1242). He has been appointed by the Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education to participate in the External Evaluation and Accreditations process of several Departments in Greece. He has been assigned to evaluate competitive research proposals for EU (Horizon 2020, Eurostars, Innowide) and from different countries (Italy, France, Belgium, Poland, Chile, Greece, Slovenia, Serbia, Israel, Latvia). He is Council Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science and is board member of European Fruit Research Institute Network.