Layne, D. <br/><br/>
The peach: botany, production and uses 

 - Wallingford  :CABI  :2008 
 - xiii-xvi + 596 . 
<br/><br/> This book summarizes current state of knowledge in peach botany, production and postharvest management. Specific topics covered consisted of: botany and taxonomy (chapter 1); history of cultivation and trends in China (chapter 2); classical genetics and breeding (chapter 3); genetic engineering and genomics (chapter 4); low-chill cultivar development (chapter 5); fresh market cultivar development (chapter 6); processing peach cultivar development (chapter 7); rootstock development (chapter 8); propagation techniques (chapter 9); carbon assimilation, partitioning and budget modelling (chapter 10); orchard planting systems (chapter 11); crop load management (chapter 12); nutrient and water requirements of peach trees (chapter 13); orchard floor management systems (chapter 14); biology, epidemiology and management of diseases caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms (chapter 15); diseases caused by bacteria and phytoplasmas ['Candidatus Phytoplasma'] (chapter 16); viruses and viroids (chapter 17); insects and mites (chapter 18); nematodes (chapter 19); preharvest factors affecting peach quality (chapter 20); ripening, nutrition and postharvest physiology (chapter 21); and harvesting and postharvest handling of peaches for the fresh market (chapter 22). This book aims to provide research scientists, extension personnel, students, professional fruit growers and others with a vital resource on peach and its culture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-84593-386-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>FF003 - Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)<br/>FF020 - Plant Breeding and Genetics<br/>FF060 - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry<br/>FF061 - Plant Nutrition<br/>FF062 - Plant Water Relations<br/>FF100 - Plant Production<br/>FF160 - Plant Propagation<br/>FF610 - Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000)<br/>FF620 - Plant Pests, (New March 2000)<br/>HH000 - Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General)<br/>QQ050 - Crop Produce<br/>QQ100 - Food Processing (General)<br/>QQ500 - Food Composition and Quality<br/>WW100 - Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002)<br/>ZZ380 - Taxonomy and Evolution
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China