The Fig: Botany, Production and Uses

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The Fig: Botany, Production and Uses Editors: Louise Ferguson, Ali Sarkhosh, Alimohammad Yavari Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: CABI Publishing
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Pages: 512 Language: English ISBN: 9781789242881 Categories: ,

The common fig Ficus carica L. is an ancient fruit native to Iran and surrounding countries. Figs are rich in fibre, trace minerals, polyphenols and vitamins, with higher nutrient levels than many other common fruits. Figs are extensively cultivated throughout the Mediterranean region (and similar climates), and are well adapted to drought and high temperatures. They are harvested worldwide, with an annual production of over 1 million tonnes. Most current commercial fig production is dried, although the greatest growth potential is for top-quality fresh figs. This book provides a comprehensive summary of fig growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, covering botany, production, processing, nutrition and markets. It also provides information on plant growth, flowering, earliness, fruit production and quality, and abiotic disorders such as sunburn and splitting. Proper management strategies that address the fruit quality and disorders of existing and new fig cropping systems across the world are also covered. The Fig: Botany, Production and Uses is an essential resource for academic researchers, and those involved in research and development in the fig industry.

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Author Biography

Ali Sarkhosh (Edited By) Ali Sarkhosh is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (fruit crops) in the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida, where he has developed research and extension programs in fruit crop production, physiology, and diversification. His research focus is on developing and extending sustainable fruit crops production in Florida. Dr. Sarkhosh has over 15 years of experience with research and production of different fruit crops in U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Iran. His research with fruit crops has focused on assessment of cultural practices to optimize yield and production efficiency, rootstocks and cultivars evaluations, and breeding. Toward improving fruit crops production, he published many sources of both technical and referred articles in production, physiology, breeding, and genetic diversity. Alimohammad Yavari (Edited By) Ali M. Yavari is a private pomologist and consultant. Mr. Yavari received his M.S. in horticulture (Pomology) from the University of Urmia, Iran. Mr. Yavari has expertise in all aspects of fruit crops production as well as interacting worldwide with commercial growers and researchers in the field of fruit production, mainly tropical and subtropical fruits. His experiences in fig production are mos harvesting and exporting issues, and training courses for orchardists. He provides public and private sectors with designing project design and writing proposals related to fig production and other tropical and subtropical fruits. Louise Ferguson (Edited By) Louise Ferguson is an Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of California in Davis (UC-Davis). Dr. Ferguson has developed research and extension programs in pistachios, olives, figs, citrus, persimmons and pomegranates. Her research focus is on developing and extending long-term applications for sustainable tree production. Specific applied research areas are alternate bearing of tree crops, rootstock effects on multiple scion characteristics, salinity tolerance of pistachios, fig breeding, and mechanical harvesting and pruning of olives and pistachios. She has served as Director of the Fruit and Nut Research and Information Centre at University of Califorina Davis, President of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America and American Society of Horticultural Science and Core Faculty for the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation's Ag Leadership program.