All about the peach and nectarine

Peach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits. This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate change and shifting global and regional production practices. The book "Peach" is a CABI publication edited June 2023 by George Athanasios Manganaris, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, Guglielmo Costa, University of Bologna, Italy, Carlos H Crisosto, University of California, Davis, USA With 424 pp, belongs to the CABI Series Crop Production Science in Horticulture, and is highly illustrated in full colour. It provides comprehensive, fundamental and up-to-date information on the production processes for fresh market and canning peach and nectarine, including orchard establishment, production, postharvest handling and uses. Written by an international team of expert authors and highly illustrated in full colour throughout, Peach presents information in an organized and easy-to-follow manner. ContentsPeach tree architectureRootstocksCultivarsIn-field operations (irrigation, fertilization, thinning, harvest)Fruit quality, composition and nutritional benefitsPeach fruit growth, development and ripening physiologyPostharvest technology, including supply chain management protocolsPreharvest and postharvest diseasesBiology and management of insect pestsThe peach canning industry "This is an essential resource for students and researchers in horticulture, as well as professionals in pomology including fruit growers, consultants and extension specialists, and cold storage and transportation managers." Link to the flyer?((includes a code to get a discount if purchasing the book) ACCESS to "Peach" in CABI bookshop Index Peach: An IntroductionGeorge A. Manganaris, Silviero Sansavini, Tom M. Gradziel, Daniele Bassi, Carlos H. Crisosto Peach Tree Architecture: Training Systems and PruningIgnasi Iglesias, Gregory L. Reighard, Gregory Lang Peach Rootstock Development and PerformanceIoannis S. Minas, Mar?a ?ngeles Moreno, Brendon M. Anthony, Jeff R. Pieper, Gregory L. Reighard CultivarsDaniele Bassi, Marco Cirilli, Stefano Foschi, Ignasi Iglesias, Daniela Giovannini, Maria L. Badenes, Ksenija Gasic Irrigation and Water ManagementBrunella Morandi, Cristos Xiloyannis, Bartolomeo Dichio Fertilization and Plant Nutrient ManagementJuan Carlos Melgar, Bartolomeo Dichio, Cristos Xiloyannis Fruit ThinningGuglielmo Costa, Alessandro Botton, Carlos H. Crisosto Peach Fruit Growth, Development, Ripening and Postharvest PhysiologyPietro Tonutti, Claudio Bonghi, Maria F. Drincovich, Livio Trainotti Non-Destructive Peach Fruit Maturity and Quality AssessmentIoannis S. Minas, Brendon M. Anthony, Pavlina Drogoudi, Guglielmo Costa Postharvest Supply-Chain Management Protocols and Handling of Physiological DisordersGeorge A. Manganaris, Ariel R. Vicente, Gemma Echeverr?a, Carlos H. Crisosto Peach Fruit Quality: Components, Composition, and Nutritional and Health BenefitsGemma Reig, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, Guglielmo Costa, Carlos H. Crisosto Common Preharvest Diseases of Peach and Nectarine Caused by Fungi and Bacteria: Biology, Epidemiology and ManagementJames E. Adaskaveg, Guido Schnabel, David F. Ritchie, Helga F?rster Major Postharvest Diseases of Peach and Nectarine with a Review of Their ManagementJames E. Adaskaveg, Helga F?rster Biology and Management of Insect PestsNikos T. Papadopoulos, Brett R. Blaauw, Panagiotis Milonas, Anne L. Nielsen The Peach Canning IndustryGeorge A. Manganaris, Thomas M. Gradziel, Marina Christofi, Carlos H. Crisosto