Chapter 1 - The pineapple

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THE pineapple Chapter 01 Photo Garth SanewskiVersion 1, 31 August 2009 pineapple best practice manual Classification and World pineapple Botanical and physiological Leaf shape and Axillary root Basal white tissue ........................................ ........................................ .................6 Trichomes ( leaf hairs )....................................... ........................................ ..........6 Water storage tissue ........................................ ........................................ .............7 CAM photosynthesis.

Pineapple best practice manual World pineapple production Australian pineapple production reached a peak in 1988 with 154,000 tonnes from 6,660 ha (Castles, 1995). In 2009/10 it is estimated that 90,000 tonnes will be grown of which about 44% is for fresh fruit. It is expected that within a few years that the

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