Strawberries (eBook)

James Hancock (Autor)

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2020 | 2. Auflage
288 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-229-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This updated edition provides a broad, balanced review of the scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation and reflects changes in methods of culture, taxonomy and genomic information and new diseases and pest control methods. Full colour throughout.

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This new and updated edition of a popular text provides a broad, balanced review of the scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation. The worldwide strawberry industry has grown substantially since the original book was published, and methods of culture have undergone extensive modifications. This volume incorporates important changes to the taxonomy of strawberries and new understanding of how its ancestors evolved. It includes coverage of new disease and pest control methods and recent developments in genomic information. These advancements have greatly improved our understanding of how flowering and fruiting is regulated, and will revolutionize the breeding of strawberries.

Drawing on extensive research and practical experience, the author presents an essential text that:

Includes new content on genomic data, trait genetics, and marker-assisted strategies for varietal improvement.
Provides a thorough review of the evolution of the strawberry and the history of strawberry cultivation.
Contains an up-to-date comparison of the cultural systems employed across the world and the physiology behind these practices.

Presented in full-colour throughout, this is a core guide for academic and professional researchers, breeders and growers, advisors, extension personnel and students of horticulture.

Rezensionen

This book provides and excellent, concise overview of strawberries and their cultivation and can be therefore recommended without any reservation as an exciting and instructive information to a broad range of readers. Not only does it provide valuable support to students of horticulture and various professional groups such as plant breeders, strawberry farmers, plant physiologists, food technologists and chemists, but it also provides an excellent opportunity for interested laypeople to obtain comprehensive information on the current state of knowledge of strawberry science and cultivation. A number of scientific articles are listed in each annex of the 8 chapters, allowing readers to obtain more detailed information on the individual topics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Crop Production Science in Horticulture
• Reihe/Serie: Crop Production Science in Horticulture
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Berry • cold hardiness • culture and propagation • domestication • environmental cues • Evolution • flowering types • Fruit storage • genomics • Germplasm resources • horticulture • Molecular Breeding • Nutrition • Pest and Disease Management • photosynthesis • ripening processes • strawberry • Taxonomy • trait inheritance
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-229-0 / 1789242290
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-229-4 / 9781789242294