Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Bananas Volume 1 - Cultivation Techniques (Hardcover)

"The book provides an excellent overview of banana cultivation across the world and how the adaptation and adoption of inter-disciplinary management strategies ensure sustainable production...a comprehensive foundation of knowledge on which future research strategies can be built." ISHS - Chronica Horticulturae This volume reviews key recent research on improving banana cultivation. Part 1 reviews current challenges in banana production. Part 2 surveys ways of improving cultivation practice across the value chain, from propagation to harvesting, packaging and ripening. The final part of the book assesses ways of measuring and improving the environmental impact of banana cultivation. Highlights of the book include: the latest research on banana domestication and genetic diversity; new research on the limitations of current good agricultural practices and how areas such as soil health can be improved; and summaries of best practice in neglected but critical areas such as harvesting and ripening operations. Drawing on an international range of expertise, the collection will be a standard reference for the banana research community as well as banana producers.

General

Imprint:	Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 40
Release date:	October 2018
Editors:	Gert Kema • Andre Drenth
Contributors:	Hugo A. Volkaert • Dan Koeppel • W. K. Tushemereirwe • J. Kubiriba • William Tinzaara • Dietmar Stoian • Walter Ocimati • Enoch Kikulwe
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	378
ISBN-13:	978-1-78676-156-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Horticulture > General
LSN:	1-78676-156-4
Barcode:	9781786761569

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