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Fruit and plantation crop production in the Philippines / Leon O. Namuco

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Diliman Quezon City, Philippines : University of the Philippines Press, c2010Description: xi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789715426435
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB 171 .N36 2010
Contents:
Chapter 1. The importance of fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 2. Classification of fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 3. Review of morphology and crop growth and development -- Chapter 4. The environment for fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 5. Site development and land preparation -- Chapter 6. Preparation of planting materials -- Chapter 7. Cropping systems and agroforestry -- Chapter 8. Plant and soil nutrient management -- Chapter 9. Water management -- Chapter 10. Regulation of flowering and fruiting -- Chapter 11. Application of crop protection principles -- Chapter 12. Pruning in fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 13. Harvesting and handling of fruits -- Chapter 14. Primary processing of plantation crops.
Summary: This book discusses the principles and practices of growing fruit and plantation crops in the Philippines. There is essentially no local textbook that exclusively deals with this subject which has been only treated at the peripheral level in most publications since the focus is usually on annual crops like rice, corn, and vegetables.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Filipiniana Gen. Ed - CEAS FIL SB 171 .N36 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000016565

Includes index.

Chapter 1. The importance of fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 2. Classification of fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 3. Review of morphology and crop growth and development -- Chapter 4. The environment for fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 5. Site development and land preparation -- Chapter 6. Preparation of planting materials -- Chapter 7. Cropping systems and agroforestry -- Chapter 8. Plant and soil nutrient management -- Chapter 9. Water management -- Chapter 10. Regulation of flowering and fruiting -- Chapter 11. Application of crop protection principles -- Chapter 12. Pruning in fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 13. Harvesting and handling of fruits -- Chapter 14. Primary processing of plantation crops.

This book discusses the principles and practices of growing fruit and plantation crops in the Philippines. There is essentially no local textbook that exclusively deals with this subject which has been only treated at the peripheral level in most publications since the focus is usually on annual crops like rice, corn, and vegetables.

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