Pomegranate cultivation is increasing considerably worldwide for fresh consumption, juice production and medicinal purposes. This is the first comprehensive book by an international team of experts at the forefront of research and provides insights and experiences covering botany, production, processing, health and industrial uses of the fruit.

Contributions by: Nahla Abdel-Fattah Awd, Shinsuke Agehara, Hamid Ahmadpourmir, Mehdi Alizadeh, Mahdi Asgari, Sedigheh Asgary, James Ayars, Zohreh Azadeh, Farhad Azarmi-Atajan, Dhinesh Babu, Julián Bartual, Maria Cano-Lamadrid, Ángle A. Carbonell-Barrachina, Salvador Castillo, John M Chater, Ferdinando Cossio, Morteza Djamali, Sadegh Dodman, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Giuseppe Ferrara, Nilesh N Gaikwad, María E. García-Pastor, G A Geetha, Angelica Giancaspro, Seyed Hossein Goldansaz, Fabián Guillén, Mallikarjun M. Harsur, Mohammad Hassani, Fatemeh Hoseinzadeh-chahkandak, Lefeng Hou, Soroush Hozeifi, Diego S Intrigliolo, Eghbal Jasemi, Mahtab Keshvari, Zhenyu Jia, Hamid R. Karimi, Mehdi Khayyat, Jiyu Li, Chunyan Liu, Zahra Lorigooini, Mahshid Sedaghat, Ashish Maity, Girigowda Manjunath, Domingo Martínez-Romero, Giuseppe E Massimino Cocuzza, Andrea Mazzeo, Jorge Medina, Donald J Merhaut, Mohammad H Mirjalili, Jeff Moersfelder, Saeideh Momtaz, Ziyafet Mustafayeva, Diganta Narzary, Marino Palasciano, Lluís Palou, Shilpa Parashuram, Nita B. Patil, Prakash G Patil, María B Pérez-Gag, Ali Mohammad Pourbagher-Shahri, John E Preece, Herminia Puerto, Gaihua Qin, Roja Rahimi, Mehdi Rezaei, Muhammaad A Saeedi, Sara Saeidi Ghavi, Steven A. Sargent, Yahya Selahvarzi, María Serrano, Jyotsana Sharma, Rouhollah Shirazi, Zohreh Shirazi, K.S Shivashankara, Zeinab Shokoohi, Tikam S. Rana, Nripendra V Singh, Asiye Soleymani, Federica Spagnoli, Daniel Valero, Gary E Vallad, Feryal Varasteh, Dong Wang, Katia V Xavier, Nima Yazdanbakhsh, Cenap Yilmaz, Pedro J. Zapata, Abdolkarim Zarei