This book provides a concise and comprehensive discussion of all major developmental, genetic and horticultural aspects of citriculture in an easily readable text. It covers the history, distribution and climatic adaptation of the crop, followed by taxonomy and systematics, including a horticultural classification of edible citrus species. Subsequent chapters cover tree structure and function, reproductive physiology, including flowering, fruiting, productivity, ripening, postharvest and fruit constituents. This valuable reference for professionals and advanced students also covers the main aspects of cultivated citrus, such as rootstocks, irrigation, pests, viruses and diseases, as well as genetic improvement, including the use of tissue culture and plant biotechnology. Contains many original illustrations specially produced for the book.
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"...the best general source of information on citrus available at this time for anyone working with citrus." HortScience
"The history and growing of citrus is described in a well-illustrated chapter that provides an excellent overview of the movement of different types of citrus within South East Asia, where it originated." L. Gene Albrigo, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"...an excellent treatment...well illustrated...very insightful..." L. Gene Albrigo, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"The history and growing of citrus is described in a well-illustrated chapter that provides an excellent overview of the movement of different types of citrus within South East Asia, where it originated." L. Gene Albrigo, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"...an excellent treatment...well illustrated...very insightful..." L. Gene Albrigo, The Quarterly Review of Biology
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Biology of Citrus provides a concise and comprehensive discussion of all major developmental, genetic and horticultural aspects of citriculture in an easily readable text. The book covers the history and distribution of the crop, taxonomy and systematics, tree structure and function, reproductive physiology and the main aspects of cultivated citrus. A concluding chapter considers the potential for genetic improvement, including the use of tissue culture and plant biotechnology.The book is heavily illustrated and the extensive reading lists will make the book invaluable for students and citrus specialists.
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All you need to know about a citrus plant,
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This review is from: The Biology of Citrus (The Biology of Horticultural Crops) (Hardcover)
If you ever interest how a citrus plant develops, and how it is related into the familie of Rutaceae, you might find all here. Also you find informations about water use, photosynthesis nad all other plant related information you right and in one book. No sharp colorphoto is present, but the informations you find writen here, is a compression of the 5 volumes 'Citrus Industy' by the University of Florida. Just a book you need and you should read if you realy have any buissness with citrus trees...
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THE TERM CITRUS originated from the Latin form of 'Kedros' a Greek word denoting trees like cedar, pine and cypress. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pulp vesicles, diploid megagametophytes, zygotic seedlings, nucellar seedlings, nucellar embryony, leafless inflorescences, somatic hybrid plants, nucellar callus, flower bud differentiation, citrus breeding, citrus cultivars, citrus nematode, nucellar embryos, cultivated citrus, citrus rootstocks, citrus relatives, leafy inflorescences, tristeza virus, citrus pests, seedless grapefruit, juice sacs, juice vesicles, orange cultivars, burrowing nematode, citrus seedlings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of California, New York, Division of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Physiol, Okitsu Fruit Tree Research Station, Academic Press, Balaban Publishers, Margraf Scientific Books, South Africa, Lake Alfred, Sixth Int, Citrus Congr, South East Asia, Elsevier Science Publishers, Their Biology, World Crop Pests, Boca Raton, Citrus Symp, Marcel Dekker, State Hort, University of Florida, Plant Cell Rep, First Int, Plant Sci, Acta Hort New!
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THE TERM CITRUS originated from the Latin form of 'Kedros' a Greek word denoting trees like cedar, pine and cypress. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pulp vesicles, diploid megagametophytes, zygotic seedlings, nucellar seedlings, nucellar embryony, leafless inflorescences, somatic hybrid plants, nucellar callus, flower bud differentiation, citrus breeding, citrus cultivars, citrus nematode, nucellar embryos, cultivated citrus, citrus rootstocks, citrus relatives, leafy inflorescences, tristeza virus, citrus pests, seedless grapefruit, juice sacs, juice vesicles, orange cultivars, burrowing nematode, citrus seedlings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of California, New York, Division of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Physiol, Okitsu Fruit Tree Research Station, Academic Press, Balaban Publishers, Margraf Scientific Books, South Africa, Lake Alfred, Sixth Int, Citrus Congr, South East Asia, Elsevier Science Publishers, Their Biology, World Crop Pests, Boca Raton, Citrus Symp, Marcel Dekker, State Hort, University of Florida, Plant Cell Rep, First Int, Plant Sci, Acta Hort New!
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- Water Deficits and Plant Growth: Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses and Breeding for Drought Resistance v. 4 by T.T. Kozlowski on 4 pages
- Fresh Citrus Fruits by Wilfred F. Wardowski on page 119, page 121, and page 179
- Biological Control by C. Huffaker on page 177, and page 179
- Citrus Growing in Florida by Larry K. Jackson on page 18, and page 180
- Manipulation of Fruiting (Easter School in Agricultural Science//Proceedings) by C. J. Wright on page 118, and page 120
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- Improved Crop Quality by Nutrient Management by Dilek Anaç on page 98
- Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Vol. 48 by Steve Taylor on page 236
- Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops: Volume 2: Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management by Ramdane Dris on page 213
- Osmotic Dehydration and Vacuum Impregnation: Applications in Food Industries by Pedro Fito on page 108
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