Book ID: 93913
Layne, D. R. and D. Bassi (eds.)
The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses. 2008. illustr. 848 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing ourknowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes a ex-tensive colour plates section. Chapters address botany and taxonomy,breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and post-harvest physiology. Also includes a contribution on the history of cultivation and production trends in China with historical referencesdating back to 1100 B.C. for the first time in the English language.