TY  - BOOK
AU  - Namuco, Leon O.
AU  - Protacio, Calixto M.
TI  - Fruit and plantation crop production in the Philippines / 
SN  - 9789715426435
AV  - SB 171 .N36 2010 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Quezon City
PB  - University of the Philippines Press
KW  - CROPS -- PHILIPPINES
KW  - FRUIT -- PHILIPPINES
KW  - TROPICAL CROPS -- PHILIPPINES
N1  - Includes indexes; Chapter 1. The importance of fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 2. Classification of fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 3. Review of morphology and crop growth and development -- Chapter 4. The environment for fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 5. Site development and land preparation -- Chapter 6. Preparation of planting materials -- Chapter 7. Cropping systems and agroforestry -- Chapter 8. Plant and soil nutrient management -- Chapter 9. Water management -- Chapter 10. Regulation of flowering and fruiting -- Chapter 11. Application of crop protection principles -- Chapter 12. Pruning in fruit and plantation crops -- Chapter 13. Harvesting and handling of fruits -- Chapter 14. Primary processing of plantation crops
N2  - This book discusses the principles and practices of growing fruit and plantation crops in the Philippines. There is essentially no local textbook that exclusively deals with this subject which has been only treated at the peripheral level in most publications since the focus is usually on annual crops like rice, corn, and vegetables
ER  -