1: Annonas: Soursop and Rollinia 2: Breadfruit, Jackfruit, Chempedak and Marang 3: Carambola and Bilimbi 4: Durian 5: Guava 6: Mangosteen 7: Rambutan and Pulasan 8: Passion Fruit and Giant Passion Fruit 9: Palms 10: Other African Fruits: Tamarind, Marula and Ackee 11: Other Tropical Asian and Pacific Fruit 12: American Fruit 13: Index
A timely and informative title examining the more specialist tropical fruits such as guava, durian, mangosteen, passion fruits and palm fruits
Robert E. Paull
Professor Paull graduated from the University of Sydney with a BS
in Agronomy, was involved in cotton production research before
going to the University of California in Berkeley for a PhD in
plant physiology. He returned to Australia and carried out research
on chilling injury of tropical plants before his appointment to the
University of Hawaii to teach and do research on postharvest
physiology and handling. He teaches plant physiology and provides
guest lectures on postharvest physiology and handling in applied
courses. His research focuses on the adaptation and application of
technology to the improvement of postharvest handling in a
integrated and systematic way. This research has lead to more than
hundred peer-reviewed publication, over eighty extension type
articles and is co author on three books and co-edited five
including The Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts published by CABI
with Dr. Jules Janick. Odilo Duarte
Emeritus Professor Duarte graduated with BS from Universidad
Agraria - La Molina, Lima, Peru, a MS in Horticulture from
University of California - Davis, MBA from the Universidad del
Pacifico - Lima, Peru and a Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences Cum
Laude from Technische Universitaet, in Fruit Crop Production. He
was Head of the Fruit Crops section, Escuela Agricola Panamericana
at El Zamorano, Honduras from 1989 to 2008 when he retired and
returned to Peru. Prior to his years at El Zamorano, he was
Professor and Head of the Fruit Crops Research Program Universidad
Agraria, La Molina, Lima, Peru, has held a number of managerial
positions in private industry, and has had numerous consultancy on
tropical fruit production. At El Zamorano, he received several
student awards for his undergraduate teaching. He is widely
published in the area of tropical fruit production and propagation.
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