The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as
avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe
the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree
management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include
best handling practices and food safety issues and the way to address
these issues in marketing. Following these are self-contained chapters
on single fruits which provide in-depth studies of botany, areas of
origin and distribution, descriptions of ecological requirements and
world production and utilization of each fruit. Propagation & cultural
practices from ancient to modern are described to show the regional
differences that environmental and biological pressures exert on fruit
production and fruit quality. Tropical Fruits is essential reading for
students and teachers of horticulture as well as horticultural industry
personnel and policy-makers.