Fruit and Plantation Crop Production in the Philippines

This book covers two highly diverse groups of horticultural crops commercially grown in the Philippines, namely fruit and plantation crops. It provides basic information about the crops and presents the state of the art in growing them. It offers students in Agriculture a comprehensive textbook for the undergraduate course "Principles of Fruit and Plantation Crop Production," which has long been taught at the University of the Philippines Los Banos. Graduate students who need basic theoretical background in the subject will find the book a useful reference material. Professors, horticulturalists, environmentalists, researchers, agricultural officers, development workers, and consultants should also find this book of great value to their endeavors.