This book provides a comprehensive overview of almond growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, covering botany, production, processing and industrial uses. Authored by an international team of experts and in full colour, it also presents genetics, breeding, propagation, nutrition, marketing and utilization.

Contributions by: James E. Adaskaveg, José M Alonso, José M Ansón, Octavio Arquero, Roger A Baldwin, Ignasi Batlle, Mireia Bordàs, Patrick Brown, Mariano Cambra, Miguel A. Cambra, Joseph H Connell, Robert Curtis, Federico Dicenta, David A. Doll, Henri Duval, Iban Eduardo, Daniel Esmenjaud, José L Espada Carbó, Maria T Espiau, Antonio J. Felipe, Angel Fernández i Martí, Carolina Font i Forcada, Helga Förster, Luis Iannamico, Santiago Izquierdo, Sat Darshan S. Khalsa, Ossama Kodad, Maria M. López, Carmen Martínez, Pedro Martínez-Gómez, Saiful Muhammad, Eva Núñez Seoane, Antonio Olmos, Ana Palacio-Bielsa, Vicente Pallás, Katherine Pope, Gregory L. Reighard, Maria J Rubio-Cabetas, Ned T. Ryan, Sebastián Sáa Silva, Raquel Sánchez-Pérez, Francisco J. Vargas, Steve Weinbaum, Michelle Wirthensohn, Shu-Biao Wu, Frank G Zalom, Alexis Verdú