Achieving sustainable cultivation of mangoes / edited by Víctor Galán Saúco and Ping Lu

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Genetic improvement and plant physiology 1 Exploiting the mango genome: molecular markers
- - 2 The genetic diversity of mangoes
- - 3 Advances in understanding mango tree growth and canopy development
- - 4 Advances in understanding flowering, pollination and fruit development in mangoes

Part 2 Cultivation techniques 5 Mango cultivation practices in the tropics: good agricultural practices to maximize sustainable yields
- - 6 Mango cultivation practices for the subtropics
- - 7 Mango cultivation in greenhouses
- - 8 Management of an ultra-high-density mango orchard and benefits of the small-tree system
- - 9 Organic mango production: a review
- - 10 Improving fertilizer and water-use efficiency in mango cultivation

Part 3 Post-harvest management 11 Monitoring fruit quality and quantity in mangoes
- - 12 Understanding post-harvest deterioration in mangoes
- - 13 Post-harvest storage management of mango fruit
- - 14 The nutritional and nutraceutical/functional properties of mangoes
- - 15 Life cycle assessment of mango systems

Part 4 Diseases and pests 16 Integrated disease management in mango cultivation -- 17 Integrated pest management and biological pest control strategies in mango cultivation

Mangoes are one of the most important and widely-cultivated fruits in tropical as well as sub-tropical regions. There have been a number of recent developments with the potential to improve crop yields and quality. There has been new research in understanding the physiology of tree and fruit development with implications for both breeding and cultivation. Analysis of the mango genome promises new, faster breeding techniques to develop improved cultivars. These and other advances are helping to tackle diseases and pests which still cause significant losses. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of mango as a food crop at each step in the value chain, from breeding through to post-harvest storage. Part 1 discusses advances in understanding tree growth, flowering, pollination and fruit development as well as developments in marker-assisted breeding. Part 2 reviews improvements in cultivation practice, including organic and greenhouse cultivation. Part 3 covers post-harvest management and quality, whilst the final part of the book assesses disease and pest management. As the need for more interdisciplinary and collaborative research increases, this collection will be a standard reference for the mango research community by summarising key research trends in each topic and putting them in the context of mango cultivation as a whole.