Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 1: Production Horticulture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789401785778)

This Trilogy explains "What is Horticulture?". Volume one of Horticulture: Plants for People and Places describes in considerable depth the science, management and technology which underpins the continuous production of fresh and processed horticultural produce. Firstly, there is a consideration of technological innovation derived from basic scientific discoveries which has given rise to entirely new industries, markets, novel crops and changed social habits. Then follows accounts of the modern production of: Field Vegetables, Temperate Fruit, Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Plantation Crops, Berry Crops, Viticulture, Protected Crops, Flower Crops, New Crops, Post-harvest Handling, Supply Chain Management and the Environmental Impact of Production. Each chapter is written by acknowledged world experts. Never before has such an array of plentiful, high quality fresh fruit, vegetables and ornamentals been available year-round in the World's retail markets. Horticulture gives consumers this giftof nutritious, high quality, safe and diverse fresh foods. This is achieved by manipulating plant growth, reproduction and postharvest husbandry. The multi-billion dollar international industry achieving this is Production Horticulture the subject of this informative book.

Author: Geoffrey R. Dixon
ISBN-10: 9401785775
ISBN-13: 9789401785778
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2014
Pages: 599
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d

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Choice 09/01/2015