TY - BOOK AU - Robinson,J.C. AU - Galán Saúco,Víctor TI - Bananas and plantains T2 - Crop production science in horticulture series SN - 9781845936587 (pbk.) U1 - 634.772 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, Cambridge, MA PB - Du Roi Laboratory, Gobierno de Canarias, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, CABI KW - Bananas KW - Plantago N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index; Distribution and importance -- Taxonomic classification, cultivars and breeding -- Morphological characteristics and plant development -- Climatic requirements and problems -- Phenological and physiological responses -- Site selection, soil requirements and soil preparation -- Establishing a plantation -- Systems of cultivating bananas and product certifications -- Nutritional requirements -- Water requirements and irrigation -- Horticultural management -- Diseases -- Pests -- Harvesting and fruit handling -- Ripening, biochemistry and uses ER -