This volume, Temperate Fruits: Production, Processing, and Marketing, presents the latest pomological research on the production, postharvest handling, processing and storage, and information on marketing for a selection of temperate fruits.
Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book continues to provide complete coverage relating to the production of cucurbits, including cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes and watermelons.
Amid economic uncertainties, fluctuating oil prices, and a rising environmental consciousness, the need for sustainable and efficient food production has become dire.
Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvements is part of a two-volume compendium that addresses the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today.
Protected cultivation - the safeguarding of crops from the harmful effects of climate change, environmentally toxic agricultural chemicals, and crop pests and diseases - is necessary for improving crop growth conditions.
This book focuses on various tropical fruit tree species management for climate change including mitigation strategies and technological countermeasures taken by researchers, progressive growers and commercial companies to overcome the adverse changes.
Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies explores concepts, strategies and recent advancements in the area of abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops, highlighting the latest advances in molecular breeding, genome sequencing and functional genomics approaches.
Climate change and increased climate variability in terms of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and increasing extreme weather events, such as severe drought and devastating floods, pose a threat to the production of agricultural and horticultural crops-a threat this is expected to worsen.
Environmental Pollution and Medicinal Plants presents information on the impact of environmental pollution on the performance of medicinal plants at various levels including damage detection, adaptation, tolerance, and physiological and molecular responses.
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods.
The complete-and-ready reference for establishing, managing, and running a successful and sustainable, profitable public garden As unique museums with living collections of plants, public gardens offer visitors aesthetically beautiful landscapes combined with educational programming and scientific research that promote the value and understanding of plants.
The full colour, beautifully illustrated Modern Medicines from Plants: Botanical histories of some of modern medicine's most important drugs features information on plants from which we obtain modern prescription medicines.
In the last ten years there has been an exponential increase in the adoption of high-density farming, which leads to better yield and higher-quality fruits, thus improving the economic return.
Based on the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of tolerance of commonly encountered abiotic stresses in nature, this book covers the effect of increasing temperature, flood, drought, salinity, ozone and heavy metals such as arsenic and cadmium on plants.
The book is designed for the under graduate and post graduate students of Agriculture, Horticulture, Scientists, Researchers, Extension Personals of Farm Universities, Line Departments of Agriculture, Horticulture and Farmers.
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods.
Landscape architects, design professionals and contractors alike require a good working knowledge of how to achieve plant establishment under a variety of conditions and situations.
Omics in Horticulture Crops presents a comprehensive view of germplasm diversity, genetic evolution, genomics, proteomics and transcriptomics of fruit crops (temperate, tropical and subtropical fruits, fruit nuts, berries), vegetables, tuberous crops, ornamental and floricultural crops and medicinal aromatic plants.
It is high time to initiate and plan cherry processing and value addition well near the major cherry growing belts to prevent postharvest losses, which at present are very high due to non-availability proper packaging and refrigerated transportation in growing belts.
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae) and is widely esteemed in tropical Asia.
Following its predecessors, Plant Roots: The Hidden Half, Fifth Edition is thoroughly updated and reports the major changes that have taken place in root research since the last edition published over 10 years ago.
Oz Clarke is recognized the world over as one of the leading experts on wine and this new book, Oz Clarke's World of Wine, is an entertaining yet authoritative guide to the world of wine that has grown out of all recognition in the last 20 years.
Mushroom growing is a fascinating hobby and many gardeners take it up seriously, as others do orchid growing, solely because of its absorbing interest.
Das erfolgreiche Lehrbuch zur Gartentherapie -klärt zentrale Begriffe und zeichnet die Entwicklung der Gartentherapie nach -erläutert, wie und warum Pflanzen als therapeutisches Mittel eingesetzt werden können -beschreibt Anwendungsbereiche für die Gartentherapie und Forschungsergebnisse -benennt medizinisch-therapeutische und botanisch-gärtnerische Kompetenzen von Gartentherapeuten -skizziert Rahmenmodelle, Prozesse, Prinzipien, Evaluationskriterien und Instrumente für gartentherapeutisches Arbeiten -beschreibt pflanzengestützte Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege -begründet, warum und wie Bedürfnisse von Klienten erhoben werden, um Therapiegärten und Gartentherapieprogramme zu planen und zu gestalten -zeigt auf, warum sich ein Therapie-Gewächshaus und -Garten optimal ergänzen -erklärt in Bild und Text, welche Gartengeräte für welchen Zweck geeignet sind und was beim Gartenunterhalt zu berücksichtigen ist -beschreibt detailliert, wie sich gartentherapeutische Therapieprogramme für Betagte, Schlaganfall- und Schmerzpatienten planen, durchführen und evaluieren lassen -differenziert und listet auf, welche Pflanzen geeignet oder ungeeignet für die Gartentherapie sind -bietet ein umfangreiches Glossar, ein Pflanzennamenverzeichnis und elektronische Dokumentationsvorlagen -bietet ein interdisziplinäres Handlungsfeld für Therapie-, Pflege- und Grünberufe, das naturgestützte Therapien und Interventionen mit Pflanzen als Medium erlaubt.
