ISBN: 9781780645346 - vegetable production and practices (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. In excellent condition. No writing or markings, book is crisp and clean. 100% satisfaction guarantee. Shipped with care in a bubble mailer. Feel free to inquire for photos or more details. I hand inspect every item. --- Gregory E Welbaum's textbook covers commercial vegetable growing as a set of production systems, from open-field work through protected culture and hydroponics. The general chapters deal with tillage and cropping systems, including drainage, erosion control and handling crop residue. Further chapters cover seeds and crop establishment, including seed treatment, storage and choice of cultivar, then soils, fertilizer and mineral nutrition, and irrigation. Organic and conventional methods are compared, and food safety is treated in detail, including pesticide residues and microbial contamination. Most of the book is given to crop chapters grouped by plant family. For major and minor crops alike these give origins and botany, growing methods, nutritional value and economic importance worldwide.…