Handbook of Fruit Production

Contents: Preface. 1. Impact of technical and commercial change on fruit production. 2. Implementation of integrated fruit production in sour cherry orchards. 3. The commercial potential of dwarf fruit trees. 4. Nutrient content of important fruit trees from arid zone. 5. How big is the fruit growing footprint. 6. Control of postharvest decay of apple fruit. 7. Avocado canopy management sustainable production of top quality fruit. 8. Tropical fruit crops and the diseases that affect their production. 9. Common diseases of stone fruit trees and their control. 10. Seedless fruit production by hormonal regulation of fruit set. 11. Fruit production in agroforestry systems. 12. Guidelines for integrated production of soft fruits. 13. Managing risk in fruit production. 14. Deciduous fruit production in Asia and the Pacific. 15. Indigenous fruit commercialization activities in selected countries. 16. Commercial adoption of technologies for fruit grading, with emphasis on NIRS. 17. Tree Fruits: Organic production overview. 18. Marketing of fruit products. Bibliography. Index.

Fruit growers are constantly traveling to other countries with advanced agricultural technology to learn new techniques. Easy exchange of research data, technical information, and marketing figuresh as also contributed to changes in the Spanish fruit industry. Adoption of modern technology has led to major technical, commercial and social changes in the sector. The factors that have exerted the greatest influence on these changes concern the two main aspects of the fruit industry technical and commercial. The modern fruit industry is based on high per hectare yields.