Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 1 Production Horticulture /

Volume one of Horticulture – Plants for People and Places describes how the array of plentiful, high quality fresh fruit, vegetables, and ornamentals supplied to retail consumers is achieved. This feat demands the intensive manipulation of plant growth, reproduction and postharvest husbandry across...

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Other Authors: Dixon, Geoffrey R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Aldous, David E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8578-5
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Science Drives Horticulture’s Progress and Profit -- 3. Vegetable Crops: Linking Production, Breeding and Marketing -- 4. Temperate Fruit Species -- 5. Tropical and Subtropical Fruits -- 6. Citrus Production -- 7. Viticulture and Wine Science -- 8. Plantation Crops -- 9. Berry Crops -- 10. Protected Crops -- 11. The Role of Ornamentals in Human Life -- 12. New Ornamental Plants for Horticulture -- 13. Postharvest Care and the Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables -- 14. Designing New Supply Chain Networks: Tomato and Mango Case Studies -- 15. Environmental Impact of Production Horticulture -- Index. 
520 |a Volume one of Horticulture – Plants for People and Places describes how the array of plentiful, high quality fresh fruit, vegetables, and ornamentals supplied to retail consumers is achieved. This feat demands the intensive manipulation of plant growth, reproduction and postharvest husbandry across the globe. International Production Horticulture operates in a free market arena, delivering produce rapidly, safely and reliably for increasingly demanding and discerning consumers. Internationally acknowledge experts describe the science, management and technology which underpins the continuous production and distribution of horticultural produce. The first chapter describes how basic scientific discoveries are continuously applied forming new industries, novel products and influences social practices and behaviour. There follows chapters describing the production of:- Field Vegetables, Temperate Fruit, Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Plantation Crops, Berry Crops, Viticulture, Protected Crops, Flower Crops, Developing New Crops, Post-harvest Handling, Supply Chain Management, and the Environmental Impact of Production. Crop Production Horticulture supports the economic welfare of countries across the World. Its particular impact in Africa is highlighted in the final chapter of this book. Intensive plant production offers enormous economic and social benefits for coming generations particularly as urbanization accelerates. Production Horticulture is an international business centred on partnerships between science, technology, commerce and management. The discipline is based in the physical, chemical, and the biological sciences and integrates natural resources in partnership with others such as economics and engineering. Environmentally careful and sustainable husbandries now form the cornerstones of Production Horticulture. Considerable intellectual and scientific rigour and a strong command of practical business realities are demanded of those who work in this discipline. The contents of this valuable book provide a basis for acquiring these talents. 
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