| Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Apples Contributor(s): Evans, K. (Editor), Evans, K. (Contribution by), Volk, Gayle M. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1786760320 ISBN-13: 9781786760326 Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd OUR PRICE: $270.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Science | Life Sciences - Horticulture |
| LCCN: 2017936825 |
| Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6" W x 9" (2.18 lbs) 618 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Originating in Central Asia, apples are one of the most important fruits globally and are grown in over 100 countries. Apple cultivation faces a number of challenges. Increasing global competition has put the focus on lowering costs whilst further improving sensory quality and shelf-life. There is a need to reduce inputs such as water, fertiliser and labour, both to save costs and reduce environmentally-damaging emissions and pollution. There is a continual battle with fungal, viral and bacterial diseases as well as insect pests. In the long term there is a need for new varieties able to withstand disease or more extreme conditions associated with climate change. This means preserving genetic variety and exploiting new molecular breeding techniques opened up by the sequencing of the apple genome in 2010. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of apples as a food crop at each step in the value chain, from breeding through to post-harvest storage. The book first reviews research in apple physiology and breeding. The following sections focus on cultivation techniques through to post-harvest storage, followed by a discussion of diseases and pests and their management. Concluding chapters address wider issues such as economics, consumer trends and sustainability Achieving sustainable cultivation of apples will be a standard reference for fruit and horticultural scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies producing apples. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watkins, Chris: - Dr Watkins is Herman H. Cohn Professor of Horticulture and Associate Dean at Cornell University and Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension. An internationally-renowned expert on postharvest physiology, Professor Watkins is Chair of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Division for Postharvest and Quality Assurance and a Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Postharvest Biology and Technology.Evans, Kate: - Dr Kate Evans is Professor of Horticulture at the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center at Washington State University, USA.Evans, K.: - Dr Kate Evans is Professor of Horticulture at the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center at Washington State University, USA.Karkee, M.: - Dr. Manoj Karkee is an Associate Professor in the Biological Systems Engineering Department and the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems at Washington State University (WSU). He was born in Nepal where he received his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering. He received his MS from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand and his PhD in Agricultural Engineering and Human Computer Interaction from Iowa State University. Dr. Karkee leads a strong research program in the area of agricultural automation and mechanization with a particular emphasis on sensing, machine vision and control for agricultural robotics. Some of his major research topics include fresh market apple and cherry harvesting, fruit tree and berry bush pruning, weed control in vegetable crops, and energy crop harvesting. He has published extensively in journals such as Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, and the Transactions of the ASABE and has been an invited speaker at several national and international conferences. Dr. Karkee is currently serving as an associate editor for Transactions of the ASABE, editorial board member for Image Processing in Agriculture, and editorial advisory board member of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.Neilsen, G. H.: - Gerry Neilsen obtained his PhD.in Soils Science at McGill University in Montreal in 1977 and has worked at PARC-Summerland and at the national Soil Research Institutes in Ottawa and Aberdeen Scotland as well as with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture in Guelph Ontario in a research career spanning 37 years. Since his retirement in 2015 he has been an Honorary Research Associate at Summerland. At the Pacific Agriculture Research Centre in Summerland he has investigated soil and nutrient management strategies for intensive horticultural production systems including vegetables, temperate tree fruits and grapes. Considerable effort has been placed on development of techniques to optimize plant and fruit nutrition via fertigation, foliar and soil amendment and fertilizer applications of nutrients including N, P, K, B and Zn. The effects of orchard and vineyard floor vegetation management, mulching and organic soil amendments on nutrient cycling, soil quality and tree performance have also been assessed. He has authored or co-authored 160+ scientific manuscripts. |