Peach

By: Albert Abbott and Angelo Ramina and Gregory Reighard and Andy Nyczepir and Dan Horton and Desmond Layne and Bruce Topp and Richard Marini and Rene Monet and Daniele Bassi and Tom Gradziel and R. Johnson and Hongwen Huang and Filiberto Loreti and Thomas Tworkoski and William Okie and Mariano Cambra and Luca Corelli-Grappadelli and James Adaskaveg and Carlos Crisosto and Theodore DeJong and David Ritchie

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Synopsis: The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour plates section. Chapters written by international authorities address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, physiology and planting systems, crop and pest management and postharvest physiology. The book also includes a contribution on the history of cultivation and production trends in China with historical references dating back to 1100 B.C for the first time in the English language.