Guava
Guava

Author: Albert Murphy

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781536107876

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Guava (Psidium guajava L.), which is considered a native to southern Mexico into Central America extends throughout the South America, Europa, Africa and Asia. It is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions and is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. In this book, Chapter One reviews guava's productive aspects, quality and health benefits. Chapter Two focuses on the guava by-products' composition which govern the functional properties. Chapter Three addresses the chemical composition, antioxidant activity and food applications of guava. Chapter Four presents an overview on fundamental and applied aspects related to production of aroma compounds in guava fruit.

Guava
Guava

Author: Sisir Mitra

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2021-05-27

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1789247020

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Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is an exquisite, nutritionally and economically valuable crop of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It outshines other tropical fruits in productivity, hardiness, adaptability, nutritional value, and ensures higher economic returns to growers. Guava is commercially grown in over 70 countries, and is gaining in popularity as a 'super fruit' due to its nutritional and health benefits. With contributions from international experts, this is a valuable resource for researchers and students in horticulture, and guava-industry support personnel.

The Fragrance of Guava
The Fragrance of Guava

Author: Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9780571193264

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In these conversations with a friend and contemporary the Nobel prize-winning Colombian novelist speaks movingly, revealingly and unaffectedly about his family background, his early travels and struggles as a writer, his literary antecedents and his personal artistic concerns. Guided by Mendoza, Maacute;rquez reveals - as transfigured in his work by the power of language - the heat and colour of the Spanish Caribbean, the mythological world of its inhabitants, the exotic mentality of its leaders.

When I Was Puerto Rican
When I Was Puerto Rican

Author: Esmeralda Santiago

Publisher: Palabra

Published: 2006-02-28

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780306814525

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Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success.

Handbook of Fruit Science and Technology
Handbook of Fruit Science and Technology

Author: D. K. Salunkhe

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1995-08-18

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 9780824796433

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This work offers comprehensive, current coverage of preharvest and postharvest handling and production of fruits grown in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world. It discusses over 60 major and minor crops, and details developments in fruit handling and disease control, storage practices, packaging for fruit protection, sizing equipment, conveyors, package fillers, refrigeration methods and more.

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

Author: Kiran Desai

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 9780871137111

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Sampath Chawla, a young postal worker who never feels as though he fits into the small Indian town into which he is born, one day climbs up a tree, only to become a famous holy man

Something's Guava Give
Something's Guava Give

Author: Carrie Doyle

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1728232376

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Nothing ruins an ocean view like a body on the beach! Plum Lockhart went out on a limb when she ditched her corporate job in New York City and moved to the Caribbean island of Paraiso. Now the head of her own villa broker agency, Plum spends her days chasing down clients and lounging on white sand beaches. But the sweet life turns sour when a publishing heiress is found dead at the mansion of an eccentric tycoon, Dieter Friedrich. Even worse, Plum's old colleague cashes in a favor and asks her to investigate. It looks like she'll need to fit a murder case into her already jam-packed schedule! Friedrich is known for his shady dealings, but he's not the only bad apple on the island—Plum will have to contend with a scheming millionaire, a sleazy rockstar, and devious B-list celebrities. And joining Plum once again is Juan Kevin Munoz, the distractingly gorgeous Director of Security. Despite the sparks between them, they'll need to stay focused on the case—there's a murderer hot on their heels!

Guava
Guava

Author: Akash Sharma

Publisher: Scholars World

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9789389569940

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This book has been prepared primarily as a text for raising of quality planting material of guava through vegetative propagation. Practices followed in the propagation of guava are presented in detail which clearly showed the effect of different propagation methods i.e. cutting, layering, patch budding and wedge grafting on different parameters of vegetative growth is also discussed in the book. It is hoped that scientific and technical information available in this book will be useful for orchardists, field functionaries and researchers for accomplishing the goal of enhanced quality fruit production and productivity.