Litchi and longan: botany, production, and uses

Christopher Menzel, Geoff K Waite9780851996967, 0-85199-696-5

Litchi (lychee) and the related fruit longan are grown extensively in China and South-East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA), Southern Europe and Southern Africa. This book represents the only comprehensive, balanced and internationally focused publication on these fruit. It covers all aspects of production, from taxonomy and breeding, to propagation, flowering and fruit set, to diseases, pests and postharvest storage and processing. Written by leading scientists from Australia, China, India, Israel, Thailand and the USA, the book represents the standard work on its subject. As the fruit are imported to many developed countries, the book will be of interest to a wide audience.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 5
Contributors……Page 7
About the Editors……Page 9
Preface……Page 11
Dedication……Page 15
1 Origin, History, Production and Processing……Page 19
2 Taxonomy, Botany and Plant Development……Page 43
3 Propagation……Page 53
4 Biotechnology……Page 67
5 Cultivars and Plant Improvement……Page 77
6 Flowering……Page 105
7 Fruit Set, Development and Maturation……Page 133
B. Longan……Page 156
8 Fruit Disorders……Page 159
9 Photosynthesis and Productivity……Page 171
10 Plant Water Relations and Irrigation……Page 201
11 Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing……Page 227
12 Pests……Page 255
13 Diseases……Page 279
14 Harvesting and Storage……Page 291
Index……Page 315