Meet the editors

Ayzin B. Küden is a full professor, physiologist, and stone fruit breeder, as well as being in charge of the peach breeding program and selection and collection of fig, apricot, and almond germplasm at the University of Cukurova. She has been working for 37 years on the physiological studies of temperate fruit trees under subtropical conditions, chilling requirements and dormancy breaking, resilience to climate change, peach breeding,

and releasing new cultivars. She has published more than 190 national and international scientific papers and books. She was the convener of several national and international symposia, congresses and workshops and chairperson of TFTS Working Group in the International Society for Horticultural Science. She is currently working on 9 national and 2 international scientific projects.

Ali Küden is a full professor, specialized in temperate fruit growing, propagation, pruning, training, pomology and physiology at the University of Cukurova. He has been working for 39 years, especially on the propagation and training of mainly pome and stone fruits and also nuts both under continental and subtropical climatic conditions. He was the Director of the Pozanti Agricultural Research and Application Center of the University of

Cukurova from 1997 to 2017. He has published more than 180 national and international scientific papers and books. He was the convener or co-convener of several national and international symposia, congress and workshops. He is currently working on 8 national and 1 international scientific projects.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

Plum Breeding *by Madalina Butac*

and Phylogenetic Relationships

*by Naira Ashraf and Moieza Ashraf*

*by Bhende Siddhesh Shamrao*

Consecutive Irreversible Methanolysis

*Cyril Sunday Ume and Nkiruka Jacintha Ogbodo*

*by Dario J. Chavez and José X. Chaparro*

**Preface XI**

Breeding and Genetic Resources of Prunus Species **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 27**

Fruit Tree Physiology **43**

**Chapter 3 45**

**Chapter 4 61**

Fruit Production **79**

**Chapter 5 81**

**Chapter 6 103**

*by Chizoo Esonye, Okechukwu Donminic Onukwuli, Akuzuo Uwaoma Ofoefule,* 

The North American Plums (*Prunus* Spp.): A Review of the Taxonomic

Response of Growth Inhibitor Paclobutrazol in Fruit Crops

Flowering of Sweet Cherries "*Prunus avium*" in Tunisia *by Thouraya Azizi-Gannouni and Youssef Ammari*

Production Technology of Peach, Plum and Apricot in India

Sea Almond as a Promising Feedstock for Green Diesel: Statistical Optimization and Power Rate Law Based Chemical Kinetics of Its
