John E. Jackson

The Biology of Apples and Pears

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 502
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 960g
• ISBN-13: 9780521380188
• ISBN-10: 0521380189
• Artikelnr.: 21253133

Autorenporträt

John Jackson was formerly Head of the Pomology Department and Deputy Director at the East Malling Research Station, UK and Officer-in-Charge at the Horticultural Research Centre, Marondera, Zimbabwe.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The growing of apples and pears
2. Apples and pears and their relatives
3. Apple and pear root systems: induction, development, structure and function
4. The graft union, grafting and budding
5. Mechanisms of rootstock and interstock effects on scion vigour
6. The shoot system
7. Leaves, canopies and light interception
8. Photosynthesis, respiration, and carbohydrate transport partitioning and storage
9. Flowers and fruits
10. Eating quality and its retention
11. Mineral nutrition
12. Water relations
13. Diseases, pests and resistance to these
14. Biotechnology of apples and pears
Index.