The Avocado

Botany, Production and Uses

Daniel Carrillo, Bruce Schaffer, B Nigel Wolstenholme, Anthony W Whiley

• Publisher: CAB International
• Year: 2024
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9781800621824
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Horticulture
• Index: Biological Sciences

The avocado industry is evolving rapidly. Avocado production has almost doubled recently, with significant expansion in areas planted, especially in Latin America, but also in Africa and Asia. Moreover, the global demand for avocado keeps on growing. The Avocado, 3rd edition is a unique and comprehensive source of information for avocado researchers, and covers everything from the history and distribution, novel agronomic practices, ecological and climatic requirements, and emerging diseases and pest problems. It compiles state-of-the-art information to promote more sustainable production systems and better preparedness to face the challenges that will shape the future of avocado production. This fully updated third edition includes many new international contributors especially from those regions with active and expanding avocado industries. Considering the expansion in avocado consumption, it also includes a new chapter on avocado uses and human nutrition. This is a valuable resource for avocado researchers, academicians and students of horticulture and botany, advisers, professional growers and practitioners in the industry.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half title page
• Dedication
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1 IntroductionD. Carrillo and B. Schaffer
• 2 History, Distribution and UsesM.E. Galindo-Tovar and J.B. Bost
• 3 Taxonomy and BotanyA.S. Chanderbali, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis and B.N. Wolstenholme
• 4 Genetics and BreedingE. Lahav, U. Lavi and J.I. Hormaza
• 5 Ecology: Climate, Soils, Biogeography, Climatic Variability and Climate ChangeJ.G. Ramírez-Gil, L.A. Valbuena-Gaona and B.N. Wolstenholme
• 6 Reproductive Biology J.I. Hormaza, L.C. Garner and C.J. Lovatt
• 7 EcophysiologyB. Schaffer, A.W. Whiley, P.M. Gil, M.V. Mickelbart and R. Castillo-Argaez
• 8 Cultivars and RootstocksJ.H. Crane, P. Manosalva, B.A. Faber, A.F. Barrientos-Priego, E.D. Focht, M.L. Arpaia, G.S. Bender and C.F. Balerdi
• 9 PropagationA.W. Whiley
• 10 BiotechnologyF. Pliego-Alfaro, J.I. Hormaza, C. Pliego, R. Folgado, A. Barceló-Muñoz, R. López-Gómez, J.A. Mercado, I. Narváez, E. Palomo-Ríos and R.E. Litz
• 11 Water and Nutrient ManagementP.M. Gil, T. Cantuarias-Avilés, F. Meza, E. Lahav and A.W. Whiley
• 12 Crop ManagementA.W. Whiley, F.J. Gardiazabal, F.J. Mena, B.N. Wolstenholme and J.H. Crane
• 13 Foliar, Fruit and Soilborne DiseasesE.K. Dann and R. Gazis
• 14 Insect and Mite PestsD. Carrillo, M.S. Hoddle, M. Aluja and J.E. Peña
• 15 Harvesting, Packing, Postharvest Technology, Transport and ProcessingP.J. Hofman, J. Bower, A. Woolf, B.G. Defilippi, D. Olivares and M. García-Rojas
• 16 Uses and Human NutritionC. Fuentealba and I. Hernández
• Index