Vegetable Production and Practices (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781845938024)

This comprehensive new textbook takes a scientific approach to explaining the principles of modern conventional and sustainable commercial vegetable production. The book describes the basic botany of vegetables, environmental requirements for successful growth and development, mineral nutrition, field establishment, harvesting methods and post-harvest handling practices. Professor Gregory E. Welbaum is a former commercial vegetable grower whose family farm has been involved in crop production for several generations. He has taught both classroom and online vegetable crop classes at Virginia Tech for over two decades. Vegetable Production and Practices has been specifically designed to accompany courses in vegetable crop production, so is ideally suited to inspire students in crop and horticultural sciences, as well as provide a useful reference for experienced practitioners.

Author: Gregory E. Welbaum
ISBN-10: 184593802X
ISBN-13: 9781845938024
Publisher: Cab International
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2015
Pages: 486
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2015