Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is the first comprehensive book covering the botany, production, processing, health and industrial uses of the pomegranate (Punica granatum). This book provides information on how to increase yields and improve short- and medium-term grower profitability and sustainability. It covers practices to mitigate pests, diseases and abiotic stresses; yield-based nutrition management; cultural practices for cultivars with horticultural traits such as earliness, high yield, improved taste, soft seeds; and composition, food uses and medicinal uses.

Archaeology, History and Symbolism / F. Spagnoli, R. Shirazi, Z. Shirazi, S. Saeidi Ghavi Andam and M. Djamali -- Taxonomy, Botany and Physiology / D. Narzary, N. Yazdanbakhsh and T.S. Rana -- Production and Growing Regions / G. Ferrara, Y. Selahvarzi, H. Ahmadpourmir, A. Mazzeo and A. Giancaspro -- Biodiversity, Germplasm Resources and Breeding Methods / A. Zarei, Z. Zamani and A. Sarkhosh -- World Pomegranate Cultivars / J.M. Chater, A. Yavari, A. Sarkhosh, Z. Jia, D.J. Merhaut, J.E. Preece, F. Cossio, G. Qin, C. Liu, J. Li, P. Shilpa, K.D. Babu, J. Sharma, C. Yilmaz, J. Bartual, Z. Mustafayeva, M.A. Saeedi, N.A Awd, J. Moersfelder and L. Hou -- Propagation Techniques and Nursery Management / N.V. Singh, H.R. Karimi, J. Sharma and K.D. Babu -- Environmental Requirements and Site Selection / C. Yilmaz, M. Rezaei and A. Sarkhosh -- Orchard Establishment and Tree Management / G. Ferrara, M. Palasciano, A. Sarkhosh, F. Cossio, K.D. Babu and A. Mazzeo -- Soil and Nutrition / A. Maity, M. Khayyat, F. Azarmi-Atajan, S. Agehara and A. Sarkhosh -- Water Requirements and Responses to Irrigation Restrictions / D.S. Intrigliolo, D. Wang, M.B. P�erez-Gago, L. Palou, J. Ayars, H. Puerto and J. Bartual -- Physiological Disorders / K.S. Shivashankara and G.A. Geetha -- Diseases and Management / J. Sharma, G. Manjunath, K.V. Xavier and G.E. Vallad -- Arthropod Pests and Their Management / G.E. Massimino Cocuzza, S.H. Goldansaz and M. Harsur -- Fruit Maturity, Harvest Methods and Technologies / F. Varasteh, M. Alizadeh and A. Sarkhosh -- Postharvest Biology and Storage / D. Valero, M.E. Garc�ia-Pastor, S.A. Sargent, J. Medina, F. Guill�en, S. Castillo, D. Mart�inez-Romero, P.J. Zapata and M. Serrano -- Processing and Industrialization / N.N. Gaikwad, P.G. Patil, N.B. Patil, M. Cano-Lamadrid and �A. A. Carbonell-Barrachina -- Pomegranate Bioactive Compounds and Health / S. Asgary, Z. Azadeh, S. Dodman, A. Soleymani, M.H. Mirjalili, M.H. Farzaei, F. Hoseinzadeh-chahkandak, S. Hozeifi, E. Jasemi, M. Keshvari, Z. Lorigooini, S. Momtaz, A.M. Pourbagher-Shahri, R. Rahimi and M. Sedaghat -- World Pomegranate Market / Z. Shokoohi and M. Asgari.

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