Sweet Cherries (Paperback)

This new book provides comprehensive coverage of sustainable sweet cherry production including global trends, improved varieties and rootstocks, orchard establishment and management, the physiology of growth and cropping, and protecting the crop from adverse climates, pests, and diseases. Sweet cherries are a specialty crop, subject to significant production risks for growers, yet with high potential market returns due to strong consumer demand for the fruit's intensely enjoyable flavor and nutraceutical benefits. Written by a renowned team of experts, this book emphasizes fresh market sweet cherry production practices based on scientific principles. It serves as a resource for a scientific foundational understanding of cherry tree growth and fruit development, providing the keys to both reasoned choice of orchard practices and the solution of future problems across a wide range of growing conditions and environments. The book: - Covers improved sweet cherry varieties and rootstocks. - Describes state-of-the-art tree training and production systems. - Considers production risk management technologies and decisions. Heavily illustrated and presented in full color throughout, Sweet Cherries is written with practical details and underlying physiological concepts for use by beginning and established fruit growers, consultants, and advisors, in addition to students and professionals in horticulture.

General

Imprint:	Cabi Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Crop Production Science in Horticulture
Release date:	December 2020
Authors:	Lynne Long • Gregory A. Lang • Clive Kaiser
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	391
ISBN-13:	978-1-78639-828-4
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-78639-828-1
Barcode:	9781786398284

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