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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Plates | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| World, United States, and Florida Production | |
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| Early History and Origins | |
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| World Production Regions | |
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| United States Production Regions | |
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| Commercial Uses of Citrus | |
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| Climate and Soils | |
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| Climatic Regions | |
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| Climatic Considerations | |
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| Soils | |
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| Current Soil Classifications | |
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| Systematics and Botany | |
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| History | |
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| Current Systematics | |
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| Descriptions of the True Citrus Group | |
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| Botany and Life Cycle | |
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| Cultivars and Cultivar Improvement | |
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| Cultivars and Hybrids | |
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| Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck) Cultivars and Hybrids | |
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| Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) | |
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| The Mandarins (Tangerines) | |
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| Lemons (Citrus limon Burm. f.) | |
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| Limes (Citrus aurantifolia [Christm.] Swingle) | |
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| Citrons (Citrus medica L.) | |
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| Cultivar Improvement | |
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| Rootstocks and Rootstock Improvement | |
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| General Characteristics | |
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| Lemon-Type Rootstocks | |
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| Sour Orange-Type Rootstocks | |
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| Sweet Orange Rootstocks | |
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| Mandarin-Type Rootstocks | |
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| Trifoliate Orange-Type Rootstocks | |
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| Other Rootstocks | |
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| New Rootstock Development | |
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| Nursery Production and Propagation | |
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| Propagation | |
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| Recent Nursery Production Trends | |
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| Nursery Rootstocks | |
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| Budding Procedures | |
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| Development of a Budded Nursery Tree | |
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| Topworking | |
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| Inarching | |
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| Marcottage | |
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| Site Selection, Grove Design, and Planting | |
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| Site Selection | |
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| Preparing the Site for Planting | |
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| Grove Geometry | |
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| Planting Young Trees | |
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| Banking or Wrapping Newly Planted Trees | |
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| Cultural Practices for Young, Nonbearing Groves | |
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| Unbanking/Unwrapping | |
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| Irrigation | |
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| Fertilization | |
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| Spraying | |
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| Pruning | |
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| Cultivation and Weed Control | |
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| Cultural Practices for the Bearing Grove | |
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| Fertilization | |
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| The Essential Nutrient Elements | |
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| The Citrus Fertilizer Program | |
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| Plant Growth Regulators | |
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| Irrigation | |
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| Pruning and Training | |
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| Cold Protection | |
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| Grove Rehabilitation and Tree Resetting | |
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| Pest, Disease, and Weed Management for the Bearing Grove | |
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| Pest Management | |
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| Citrus Pests and Diseases and Methods of Control | |
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| Potentially Debilitating Diseases | |
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| Biological Control of Pests | |
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| Diseases Often Make Grove Rehabilitation Necessary | |
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| Weed Control and Cultivation | |
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| Harvesting, Maturity, and Grade Standards and Marketing | |
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| Harvesting | |
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| Quality Standards (Maturity) | |
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| Fruit Sizes and Containers | |
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| Grades | |
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| Processing Fruit | |
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| Packinghouse Operations | |
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| Postharvest Fruit Disorders | |
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| Determining the Value of Fruit | |
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| Marketing the Crop | |
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| Selling the Crop | |
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| Citrus Fruits for Home Use | |
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| Scion Cultivars and Rootstocks | |
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| Site Selection and Tree Care | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |