Contents Chapter 1 General ……………………………………………………………… 1 Section 1 Economic Significance of Pear Cultivation ………………………… 1 Section 2 History and Current Situation of Pear Cultivation ………………… 1 Section 3 Problems and Developing Trends in Pear Production ……………… 2 Chapter 2 Superior Cultivars ………………………………………………… 5 Section 1 Classification of Pears Cultivated in China ………………………… 5 Section 2 Superior Cultivars ………………………………………………… 6 Section 3 Cultivar Selection ………………………………………………… 25 Chapter 3 Growth and Fruiting Habits …………………………………… 27 Section 1 Characteristics of Roots ………………………………………… 27 Section 2 Characteristics of Buds, Branches, and Leaves ………………… 34 Section 3 Flower Bud Diff erentiation ……………………………………… 44 Section 4 Flowering and Fruiting ………………………………………… 46 Section 5 Development of Fruits …………………………………………… 48 Section 6 Requirements for Environmental Conditions …………………… 49 Chapter 4 Nursery Techniques …………………………………………… 53 Section 1 Types and Selection of Rootstock ……………………………… 53 Section 2 Nursery Techniques …………………………………………… 56 Section 3 Breeding of Dwarfing and Virus-free Seedlings ………………… 69 Section 4 Top Grafting for Growing Superior Cultivars …………………… 70 Chapter 5 Orchard Construction Techniques …………………………… 73 Section 1 Selections of Orchard Land ……………………………………… 73 Section 2 Orchard Planning and Setting …………………………………… 77 Section 3 Planting of Pear ………………………………………………… 84 Chapter 6 Nutrient, Soil, Fertilizer, and Water Management Techniques for Pear Trees ………………………………………………… 89 Section 1 Nutrient Elements for Pear Trees ………………………………… 89 Section 2 Soil Management Techniques for Pear Orchard ………………… 95 Section 3 Fertilizer Requirement Characteristics of Pear Trees and Scientific Fertilization …………………………………………… 121 Section 4 Irrigation and Drainage ………………………………………… 147 Chapter 7 Trimming and Pruning of Pear Trees ………………………… 152 Section 1 The Principle and Function of Trimming and Pruning of Pear Trees ………………………………………………………… 152 Section 2 The Basis, Time, and Method of Trimming and Pruning for Pear Trees ………………………………………………………… 158 Section 3 Trimming Characteristics of Pear Trees and Requirement for High-yield Tree Shapes ………………………………………… 169 Section 4 Main Tree Shapes of Pear Trees ………………………………… 173 Section 5 Method of Pruning ……………………………………………… 180 Section 6 Innovation of Trimming and Pruning Technology for Pear Trees … 184 Chapter 8 Flower and Fruit Management ………………………………… 188 Section 1 Pollination Promotion and Fruit Setting Rate Improvement …… 188 Section 2 Frost Prevention during Anthesis ………………………………… 190 Section 3 Blossom and Fruit Thinning …………………………………… 191 Section 4 Fruit Bagging …………………………………………………… 194 Section 5 Harvesting, Packaging, and Transport of Fruits ………………… 196 Chapter 9 Top Grafting for Growing Superior Cultivars ………………… 200 Section 1 Top Grafting Period ……………………………………………… 200 Section 2 Treatment of Top Grafting Trees ………………………………… 200 Section 3 Grafting ………………………………………………………… 201 Section 4 Post-grafting Management ……………………………………… 201 Chapter 10 Integrated Control Technology for Diseases and Pests on Pear Trees ………………………………………………… 203 Section 1 Occurrence and Infection of Diseases on Fruit Trees …………… 203 Section 2 Identification and Retrieval of Fruit Tree Diseases ……………… 214 Section 3 Identification of Fruit Tree Pests ………………………………… 226 Section 4 Scientific Control Technology for Diseases and Pests on Fruit Trees …………………………………………………… 230 Section 5 Pear Diseases and Control ……………………………………… 256 Section 6 Pear Pests and Control …………………………………………… 274 Section 7 Physiological Diseases of Pear Trees …………………………… 315 Appendixes …………………………………………………………………… 325 References …………………………………………………………………… 352