The encyclopedia of fruit & nuts /
The encyclopedia of fruit & nuts /
edited by Jules Janick and Robert E. Paull.
- Cambridge, MA : CABI North American Office, c2008.
- xviii, 954 p., 18 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) 29 cm.
Provides comprehensive coverage of botanical and horticultural information on temperate, subtrpoical and tropical fruit and nuts of economic significance.Coverage is also given to palms, cacti, and comon fuit often thought as vegetable crops.Contains almost 300 entries,topics covered include history and origins, ecology,breeding and genetics, distribution,uses and nutritional composition. An entry is folloed by a selected bibiliography for further reading on the topic.Information cited are accompanied by illustrated figures, tables and graphs and colored photographs.
9780851996387 (alk. paper)
Tropical fruit
Tropical nuts
R SB 359 .En19 2008
Provides comprehensive coverage of botanical and horticultural information on temperate, subtrpoical and tropical fruit and nuts of economic significance.Coverage is also given to palms, cacti, and comon fuit often thought as vegetable crops.Contains almost 300 entries,topics covered include history and origins, ecology,breeding and genetics, distribution,uses and nutritional composition. An entry is folloed by a selected bibiliography for further reading on the topic.Information cited are accompanied by illustrated figures, tables and graphs and colored photographs.
9780851996387 (alk. paper)
Tropical fruit
Tropical nuts
R SB 359 .En19 2008
