Hartmann's Plant Science - Margaret E. McMahon, Anton M. Kofranek, Vincent E. Rubatzky

Hartmann's Plant Science

Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants
Buch | Hardcover
624 Seiten
2006 | 4th edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-114075-2 (ISBN)
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This text is appropriate for Introduction to Plant Science courses.

 

This comprehensive text is written for anyone with an interest in how plants are grown and utilized for maintaining and adding enjoyment to human life. It also explores how plants have a tremendous economic impact in developed and developing nations. This new edition has been revised to reflect the most recent statistics, production methods and issues concerning the production and utilization of plants.

UNIT I: Environmental, Cultural, and Social Factors that Influence the Cultivation and Utilization of Plants

 

CHAPTER 1: History, Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Plant Science

CHAPTER 2: Terrestial Ecosystems

CHAPTER 3: Human Impact on Ecosystems

CHAPTER 4: Climate - Solar Radiation and Moisture Availability

CHAPTER 5: Climate - Temperature, Air Movement, and Composition

CHAPTER 6: Soil and Managing Soil, Soil Water, and Fdertility

CHAPTER 7: Itegrated Management of Weeds, Insects, and Diseases

 

UNIT II: Plant Structure, Chemistry, Growth and Development, Genetics, and Biodiversity

 

CHAPTER 8: Structure of Higher Plants

CHAPTER 9: Stages of Growth and Development

CHAPTER 10: Plant Chemistry and Metabolism

CHAPTER 11: Photosynthesis and Respiration

CHAPTER 12: Soil and Plant Water Relations

CHAPTER 13: Plant Nutrients

CHAPTER 14: Genetics and Propagation

CHAPTER 15: Crop Biodiversity: Naming, Classifying, Origin, and Germplam Preservation

 

UNIT III: Crops: Their Production and Utilization Systems

 

CHAPTER 16: Field Crops Grown for Food, Fiber, Fuel, and Other Industrial Uses

CHAPTER 17: Forage Crops and Rangelands

CHAPTER 18: Vegetable Production

CHAPTER 19: Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops

CHAPTER 20: Tropical and Subtropical Crops and Crop Production Systems

CHAPTER 21: Nursery Production

CHAPTER 22: Landscape Plants: Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants

CHAPTER 23: Floriculture

CHAPTER 24: Turfgrasses

CHAPTER 25: Residential and Public Landscapes

CHAPTER 26: Harvest, Post-Harvest Handling, Storage, Distribution, and Marketing

 

APPENDIX

GLOSSARY

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.2.2006
Sprache englisch
Maße 197 x 286 mm
Gewicht 1492 g
Themenwelt Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 0-13-114075-2 / 0131140752
ISBN-13 978-0-13-114075-2 / 9780131140752
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