Muscadine Grapes

ISBN: 0-97975546-0-4

Softcover

Edited by
Fouad M. Basiouny and David G. Himelrick

The second in the ASHS Horticultural Crop Production Series, Muscadine Grapes, is a combined monograph and production manual on the muscadines, one the few truly American fruits. For growers, horticulturists, educators and researchers, this book fills a void in the literature for a comprehensive source of information on all aspects of muscadine grapes. From genetics and breeding, through diseases, to harvesting, processing and marketing, Muscadine Grapes covers the subject with complete clarity and superb style.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Anatomy and Morphology
• Genetics and Breeding
• Cultivars
• Clonal Propagation
• Growth and Development
• Vineyard Site Selection, Establishment and Floor Management
• Trellising, Training and Pruning
• Irrigation and Mineral Nutrition
• Diseases
• Insect Pests
• Harvest and Handling
• Physiology and Postharvest Technology
• Marketing
• Processing
• Compositional and Nutritional Characteristics
• Subject index
• Cultivar index

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