Litchi and longan:botany, production, and uses
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Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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Published: |
CABI Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Oxfordshire, UK Cambridge, MA |
Publication Dates: | c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 305 p.: ill. (some col.), maps, tables ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
0851996965 (alk. paper) 9780851996967 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | S667 |
CLC: | S667 |
Call Number: | S667/L776 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "Litchi (lychee) and the related fruit longan are grown extensively in China and South-East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA), southern Europe and southern Africa. This book represents the only comprehensive, balanced and internationally focused publication on these fruits. It covers all aspects of production, from taxonomy and breeding to propagation, flowering and fruit set, diseases, pests and postharvest storage and processing. This book will be of significant interest to those studying or working in horticulture and botany."--BOOK JACKET. |