Principles of horticulture
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Principles of horticulture
Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Principles of Horticulture provides a comprehensive guide to the scientific rules determining the successful growing of plants. This valuable book covers the commercial cultivation of flowers, fruits and vegetables, landscape plantings and the individual garden. Unlike most horticultural texts, the level is suitable for a broad range of readers. The authors have a highly readable style and only a basic scientific education is assumed. The content has also been structured to meet the needs of a wide range of courses, specifically for the Royal Horticultural Society General Examination, the National Certificate in Horticulture, the BTEC National Diploma and the GNVQ Land & Environment. It also supports plant science and related modules for A-level Biology, and provides an introduction for HNC/D students. The new case studies will further enhance the usefulness of this book in independent study and as a college text.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- putting horticulture in context
- plant classification and naming
- plant organisation
- water and minerals in the plant
- plant growth
- plant development
- genetics and plant breeding
- weeds
- large pests
- small pests, soil organisms and bees
- fungi, bacteria and viruses
- control measures
- soil as a growing medium
- soil water
- soil organic matter
- plant nutrition
- alternatives to growing in the soil
- Index
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