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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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
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.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Food—Biotechnology.
Environment.
Business.
Management science.
Social sciences.
Food Science.
Environment, general.
Business and Management, general.
Social Sciences, general.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8578-5
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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