Transcription of 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 ..7 Life Stem (butt)..9 Root Reproduction ..12 Flowering ..13 Fruit ..13 Nutritional, medical and industrial value of pineapple ..13 References and further Vegetative (rounded) growing point (left) and flowering (pointed) growing point (right) 2 | Version 1, 31 August 2009 Chapter 01 The pineapple Classification and origins The pineapple belongs to the bromeliad family, which contains 50 genera and about 2,500 known species, all but one of them from Central and South America.
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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