Knott's handbook for vegetable growers

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Knott's handbook for vegetable growers

George J. Hochmuth, Rebecca G. Sideman

Wiley, 2023 [i.e. 2022]

6th ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: 2007

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers Authoritative and comprehensive go-to reference work for commercial vegetable growers around the world For more than 65 years, Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers has provided generations of commercial growers with the most timely, accessible, and useful information available on the subject, containing key guidance on transplant production, planting rates and spacing, irrigation, fertilization, methods for controlling diseases, and insect pest identification, plus important information on topics such as composting, post-harvest storage and processing, genetically-engineered crops, organic growing, federal regulations and best management practices, environmentally friendly pest management, and food safety. To allow for convenient and efficient access to the enormous amount of data contained within, most of the information is presented in the form of tables and charts. The work goes above and beyond to provide everything a reader needs to know on the subject, even including a multilanguage vegetable dictionary. Now in its 6th edition, the work has been significantly expanded and modernized to cover key modern advancements in the industry, such as: Computer-based crop monitoring technologies, robotic disease control and harvesting systems, and new protected-ag production systems (including vertical systems and indoor production) New production systems pertaining to protected organic agriculture, soil moisture sensing, environmental monitoring, soil health, and soil conservation New technologies, including satellite-based decision-making, robotics, and UAVs for increasing production efficiency The various advances that have been made in food safety regulations, plus coverage of new invasive pests Part Farmer's Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary, Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers serves as an invaluable asset for growers, students, and other industry professionals seeking an all-in-one reference for all of the questions they have on both holistic and specific facets of the commercial vegetable industry.

目次

Preface to the Sixth Edition xi About the Companion Website xvi Part 1-Vegetables and the Vegetable Industry 1 01 Botanical Names of Vegetables and Common Names of Vegetables in Nine Languages 3 02 Edible Flowers 29 03 U.S. Vegetable Production 35 04 Consumption of Vegetables in The United States 42 05 World Vegetable Production 44 06 Nutritional Composition of Vegetables 46 Part 2-Vegetable Seeds 55 01 Seed Labels 57 02 Seed Germination Tests 58 03 Seed Germination Standards 66 04 Seed Production 67 05 Organic Seed Production 71 06 Seed Yields 72 07 Seed Storage 76 08 Seed Priming 78 09 Seedborne Pathogens and Hot Water Seed Treatment 81 10 Vegetable Varieties 84 11 Genetically-Engineered Vegetable Varieties 88 12 Vegetable Seed Sources 90 Part 3-Seedling and Transplant Production 99 01 Transplant Production 101 02 Plant Growing Containers 102 03 Seeds and Seeding 104 04 Temperature and Time Requirements 107 05 Plant Growing Mixes 108 06 Soil Sterilization 110 07 Fertilizing and Irrigating Transplants 111 08 Plant Growing Problems 115 09 Conditioning Transplants 120 10 Shipping and Transportation of Transplants 122 11 Grafted Transplants 123 12 Organic Transplant Production 124 13 Additional Transplant Production Resources 126 Part 4-Greenhouse and Protected Agriculture Production 127 01 Structures 129 02 Cultural Management 131 03 Co2 Enrichment 136 04 Soilless Culture 138 05 Nutrient Solutions 146 06 Tissue Composition 153 Part 5-Field Planting 155 01 Temperatures for Vegetables 157 02 Scheduling Successive Plantings 162 03 Time Required for Seedling Emergence 165 04 Seed Requirements 167 05 Planting Rates for Large Seeds 169 06 Spacing Of Vegetables 172 07 Precision Seeding 178 08 Conservation Tillage and No-Till Systems 181 09 Vegetative Propagation 183 10 Polyethylene and Degradable Mulches 186 11 Row Covers 191 12 Windbreaks 193 13 Environmental Monitoring: Soil, Water, and Air 195 Part 6-Soils and Fertilizers 199 01 Nutrient Best Management Practices (Bmps) 203 02 Organic Matter 206 03 Soil Health and Soil-Improving Crops 208 04 Manures and Other Organic Soil Ammendents 212 05 Organic Production Systems 216 06 Composting 218 07 Soil Texture 219 08 Soil Reaction 221 09 Salinity 229 10 Fertilizers 233 11 Fertigation 240 12 Fertilizer Conversion Factors 241 13 Nutrient Absorption 244 14 Plant Analysis 247 15 Soil Tests 276 16 Nutrient Deficiencies 292 17 Micronutrients 294 18 Fertilizer Spreaders 301 Part 7-Water and Irrigation 303 01 Suggestions for Supplying Water to Vegetables 307 02 Rooting of Vegetables 310 03 Soil Moisture and is Monitoring 311 04 Surface Irrigation 319 05 Overhead Irrigation 329 06 Drip or Trickle Irrigation 343 07 Irrigation Water Quality 360 Part 8-Vegetable Pests and Problems 365 01 Integrated Pest Management 367 02 Pest Management in Organic Production Systems 370 03 Soil Solarization 372 04 Pesticide-Use Precautions 375 05 Pesticide Application And Equipment 383 06 Vegetable Seed Treatments 399 07 Nematodes 402 08 Diseases 407 09 Insects 425 10 Abiotic Disorders 436 11 Air Pollution 446 12 Wildlife Control 450 Part 9-Weed Management 453 01 Weed Management Strategies 454 02 Weed Identification 457 03 Noxious Weeds 458 04 Weed Control an Organic Farming 459 05 Cover Crops and Rotation in Weed Management 461 06 Herbicides 462 07 Weed Control Recommendations 466 Part 10- Computer-Based Crop Management Technologies 467 Part 11- Harvesting, Handling, and Storage 475 01 Food Safety 478 02 General Postharvest Handling Procedures 484 03 Predicting Harvest Dates and Yields 489 04 Cooling Vegetables 496 05 Vegetable Storage 502 06 Chilling and Ethylene Injury 517 07 Postharvest Diseases 529 08 Vegetable Quality 535 09 U.S. Standards for Grade of Vegetables 538 10 Minimally Processed Vegetables 551 11 Packaging of Fresh Vegetables 554 12 Vegetable Marketing 560 Part 12-Appendix 565 01 Sources of Information on Vegetable Production 566 02 Some Periodicals for Vegetable Growers 567 03 U.S. Units of Measurement 569 04 Conversion Factors for U.S. Units 570 05 Metric Units of Measurement 573 06 Conversion Factors for Si and Non-Si Units 574 07 Conversions for Rates of Application 579 08 Water and Soil Solution Conversion Factors 580 09 Heat and Energy Equivalents and Definitions 584 10 Useful Websites for Units and Conversions 585 Index 587

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