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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hancock, James F., author.
Title: Strawberries / James F. Hancock.
Description: Second edition. | Boston, MA : CAB International, 2020. | Series: Crop production science in horticulture | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “This updated edition provides a broad, balanced review of the scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation and reflects changes in methods of culture, taxonomy and genomic information and new diseases and pest control methods. Full colour throughout”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020018094 (print) | LCCN 2020018095 (ebook) | ISBN 9781789242270 (paperback) | ISBN 9781789242287 (ebook) | ISBN 9781789242294 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Strawberries.
Classification: LCC SB385 .H34 2020 (print) | LCC SB385 (ebook) | DDC 634/.75--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018094
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018095
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ISBN-13:
9781789242270 (paperback)
9781789242287 (ePDF)
9781789242294 (ePub)
Commissioning Editor: Rachael Russell
Editorial Assistant: Emma McCann
Production Editor: Shankari Wilford
Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India
Printed and bound in the UK by Severn, Gloucester
CONTENTS
Inheritance of gender in strawberries
Description and location of strawberry species
2 HISTORY OF STRAWBERRY DOMESTICATION
Domestication of Old World species
Domestication of the Scarlet strawberry, F. virginiana
Domestication of F. chiloensis in the New World
Spread of F. chiloensis outside Chile
Origin of the dessert strawberry, F. × ananassa
Breeding in Europe from 1800 to 2000
Breeding outside Europe from 1800 to 2000
Divergence of North American breeding programmes
Americanization of European breeding programmes
Major cultural systems in the world today
History of strawberry culture in North America
Tunnels and forcing systems
Harvesting
Methods of propagation
References
4 WORLDWIDE STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY
Introduction
Characteristics of the major production regions
Major breeding programmes
Most important cultivars today
References
5 STRUCTURAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
Introduction
Anatomy and morphology
Photoperiodic and temperature regulation of development
Dormancy
Cold hardiness
Photosynthesis and carbon allocation patterns
Water relations
