Longan Production in Asia

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RAP PUBLICATION: 2000/20

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK, THAILAND, DECEMBER 2000

by
Prof. Wong Kai Choo
Department of Crop Science,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang,
Selangor, Malaysia

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ORIGIN

3. GENETIC DIVERSITY

4. USES

5. PROPERTIES

6. BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

7. ECOLOGY

8. PROPAGATION

9. PLANTING

10. HUSBANDRY

10.1 Pruning
10.2 Water Management
10.3 Fertilization
10.4 Cincturing
10.5 Regulation of flowering for off-season production
10.6 Use of growth promoting substances
10.7 Pests and Diseases

11. HARVESTING

11.1 Production seasons and Productivity
11.2 Picking of fruits
11.3 Grading
11.4 Post-harvest handling
11.5 Processing of longan

12. PRICING OF LONGAN

13. BREEDING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

14. CURRENT WORLD STATUS, DISTRIBUTION AND TRADE

15. PLANTED AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MAIN LONGAN CENTRES IN ASIA

16. PROBLEMS FACED BY LONGAN PRODUCTION

17. PROSPECTS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 1. CULTIVARS OF MAIN LONGAN CENTRES IN ASIA