Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries.

Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries. Volume 2, Case studies / edited by Gregory A. Lang.

Temperate fruits include stone/drupe fruits (such as peach), pome fruits (such as apple) and berries (such as strawberries). Like other crops, cultivation of these fruits faces a number of challenges. These include the need to optimize yields, sensory and nutritional quality; the dynamic threats fro...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Lang, Gregory A. (Gregory Alan) (Editor)
Other title:Case studies.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; Philadelphia, PA : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2019.
Series:Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; no. 54.
Subjects:
Fruit-culture.
Fruit trees.
Berries.
Sustainable agriculture.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Stone and pome fruits
  • 1. Advances and challenges in peach breeding / Dario J. Chavez and Rachel A. Itl, University of Georgia, USA; Daniel Mancero-Castillo, Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Ecuador; Jose X. Chaparro, University of Florida, USA; and Thomas G. Beckman, USDA-ARS, USA
  • 2. Advances and challenges in sustainable peach production / Luca Corelli Grappadelli, Brunella Morandi and Luigi Manfrini, University of Bologna, Italy; and Pasquale Losciale, University of Bari, Italy
  • 3. Advances and challenges in cherry breeding / José Quero-García, INRA, University of Bordeaux, France; Amy Iezzoni, Michigan State University, USA; Gregario López-Ortega, IMIDA, Spain; Cameron Peace, Washington State University, USA; Mathieu Fouché and Elisabeth Dirlewanger, INRA, University of Bordeaux, France; and Mirko Schuster, Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany
  • 4. Sustainable sweet cherry cultivation: a case study for designing optimized orchard production systems / Gregory A. Lang, Michigan State University, USA
  • 5. Challenges and opportunities in pear breeding / Danielle Guzman and Amit Dhingra, Washington State University, USA
  • 6. Challenges and opportunities in pear cultivation / Todd Einhorn, Michigan State University, USA
  • 7. Advances and challenges in apple breeding / Amanda Karlström, NIAB-EMR and University of Reading, UK; Magdalena Cobo Medina, NIAB-EMR and University of Nottingham, UK; and Richard Harrison, NIAB-EMR, UK
  • 8. Advances and challenges in sustainable apple cultivation / Pierre-Éric Lauri and Sylvaine Simon, INRA, France
  • 9. Sustainable plum and apricot cultivation / Mihai Botu, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Part 2 Berry fruits
  • 10. Advances and challenges in strawberry genetic improvement / Chris Barbey and Kevin Folta, University of Florida, USA
  • 11. Strawberries: a case study of how evolving market expectations impact sustainability / M.P. Pritts, Cornell University, USA; and T.M. Sjulin, formerly Driscoll Strawberry Associates, USA
  • 12. Advances and challenges in raspberry and blackberry breeding / Ramón Molina-Bravo, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Margaret Leigh Worthington, University of Arkansas, USA; and Gina E. Fernandez, North Carolina State University, USA
  • 13. Advances and challenges in sustainable raspberry/blackberry cultivation / Julie Graham, Alison Karley, Alison Dolan, Dominic Williams and Nikki Jennings, James Hutton Institute, UK
  • 14. Advances and challenges in blueberry breeding / Susan McCallum, James Hutton Institute, UK.

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