Resources Tagged: Avocado

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  1. Manual de producción del aguacate

    2005-01-01 El Manual de producción del aguacate pretende reunir, en un solo libro, conocimientos agronómicos básicos e información actual, tanto bibliográfica como práctica, adaptada a las condiciones reales en que se desenvuelven los productores de aguacate de altura en Costa Rica. El propóito de este es...
    Avocado

  2. Persea americana - Avocado, West Indian Avocado

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Vegetable A small to medium sized tree. It grows 8-10 m high. Trees can grow to 25 m high. The leaf stalk is 1.5-5 cm long. Leaves areentire, oval and 5-40 cm long. Flowers are greenish, small and on the ends of branches. Clusters of flowers may contain 200-300 flowers....
    Persea americana Vegetables Fruits FPI Plant Information Avocado West Indian Avocado

  3. Tropical Fruits: Volume 1

    2011-01-01 The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling...
    Horticulture Avocado Litchi Mango Papaya Pineapple Fruit Tree Management Tree Management Botany Postharvest Systems Tropical Fruit

  4. Compendium of Tropical Fruit Diseases

    1994-01-01 More than 45 authors present current information on how to identify and control diseases of bananna, coconut, mango, pineapple, papaya, and avocado. Table of Contents Introduction; Part 1: Banana; Taxonomy; Origins and Importance; Anatomy; Horticulture; Banana Diseases Caused by Fungi;...
    Avocado Bananas Coconut Mango Pineapple Papaya

  5. Proceedings of the First International Tropical Fruit Short Course: The Avocado

    1976-11-05 The idea fpr this short course covering tropical fruit production was concieved by a group of Extension Fruit Crops faculty in response to the need for more intensive educational programs in tropical fruits, as expressed by various educational programs. The short course was divided into 3...
    Avocado Tropical Fruits

  6. Avocado (Tropical Agriculturalist)

    Key Resource 1995-01-01 Formerly a luxury food for the privileged few, the avocado has become an accepted part of the diet of many people in the developed countries of the West. Rapid urbanization and rising incomes in the developing world make the crop an increasingly valuable source of protein and minerals there also....
    Avocado

  7. The Book of Florida Gardening

    1962-01-01 What grows in Florida - how to grow it and where to get it.
    Florida gardens Tropical Trees Shrubs Mango Avocado Papaya Oranges Grapefruit Hydroponics

  8. Corn, Tomato and Avocado Salsa

    corn Avocado

  9. Potentially Important Food Plants of the Philippines

    2019-03-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of the Philippines. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...
    Peppers Potato Yam Ube Sweet Potato Kamote Cassava Kamoteng Kahoy Rice Taro Gabi West Indian Arrowroot Snake Bean Cowpea Winged Bean Pigeon Pea Common Bean Lablab Mung Bean Kangkong Bok Choy Chinese Cabbage Sweetfern Vegetable Fern Leaf Mustard Jute Bush Okra Banana Guava Papaya Jackfruit Pomelo Mango Mangosteen Soursop Rambutan Okra eggplant Pumpkin Choko Bitter Cucumber Angled Loofah Horseradish Tree Moringa Bird's Eye Chillies Avocado Coconut Lemon Grass Lima Beans Asia

  10. Study on the Nutritious Value of Avocado and Properties of Avocado Oil

    2001-01-01 This survey was commissioned by Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA) in order to broaden the information available on the different uses for acocado. In avocado growing areas of Kenya, the fruit produced is far much more than the local markets can absorb so this booklet lists ways to market...
    Oil Extraction Avocado