Biology of the Grapevine

Name: Biology of the Grapevine
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ISBN: 9780521038676

ISBN-10: 0521038677

ISBN-13: 9780521038676

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Authors: Michael G. Mullins, Alain Bouquet, Larry E. Williams

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This book aims to provide for the first time in the English language a concise but comprehensive overview of the biology and cultivation of the grapevine, accessible to all concerned with viticulture. After a description of the essential features of viticulture, including a concise history from antiquity to modern times, the authors consider the taxonomy of the grapevine and the evolutionary processes that gave rise to the diversity within the Vitaceae. Particular attention is paid to the genera Vitis and Muscadinia, which are considered a reserve of genetic variation for the improvement of grapevines. A description of the vegetative and reproductive anatomy of the grapevine precedes a full…

Book details

List price: $62.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction



The growing of grapes



The grapevine and its relatives



The structure of the grapevine: vegetative and reproductive anatomy



Developmental physiology: the vegetative grapevine



Developmental physiology: flowering and fruiting



The cultivated grapevine



Genetic improvement of grapevines


Index