RAP PUBLICATION:
2002/16 RAP PUBLICATION:
2002/16
by
Dr Christopher Menzel
Maroochy Research Station,
Queensland Department of Primary Industries,
PO Box 5083, SCMC, Nambour, Qld. 4560, Australia
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK, THAILAND, JUNE 2002
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© FAO June 2002
1. ORIGIN, DISTRIBUTION, PRODUCTION AND TRADE
2.1 Sapindaceae family
2.2 The Litchi genus
2.3 Related species of commercial significance
2.4 Botany and composition of lychee
3. PLANT DEVELOPMENT AND WEATHER AND SOIL RELATIONSHIPS
3.1 Plant development
3.2 Relationship between plant development and weather
3.3 Relationship between cropping and soil type
4. CULTIVARS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Standardization of names and classification of cultivars
4.3 Productivity
4.4 Characteristics used to identify cultivars
4.5 Major cultivars in the Region
4.6 Description of major cultivars
4.7 Plant improvement
5. PROPAGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT
5.1 Seedlings
5.2 Cuttings
5.3 Marcots or air-layers
5.4 Grafted and budded plants
5.5 Methods of propagation in different countries
6. ORCHARD MANAGEMENT AND PLANT HUSBANDRY
6.1 Care of young orchards
6.2 Canopy management
6.3 Fertilizer management
6.4 Irrigation management
6.5 Use of growth regulators and cincturing to improve flowering and fruit set
8.1 Post-harvest physiology
8.2 Low-technology handling protocols
8.3 High-technology handling protocols
9.1 Productivity
9.2 Prices
9.3 Profitability
9.4 Profitability of high-density plantings
10. PROSPECTS FOR INDUSTRY EXPANSION
10.1 Cultivar improvement
10.2 Canopy management
10.3 Water and nutrition management
10.4 Manipulating flowering and fruit set
10.5 Control of pests and diseases
10.6 Post-harvest technology and marketing
10.7 Factors constraining production in various countries