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Then follows accounts of the modern production of: Field Vegetables, Temperate Fruit, Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Plantation Crops, Berry Crops, Viticulture, Protected Crops, Flower Crops, New Crops, Post-harvest Handling, Supply Chain Management and the Environmental Impact of Production.

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, ProtectedCrops, 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 inthis discipline. The contents of this valuable book provide a basis for acquiring these talents.

Langue

en

Version

Broché

Date de sortie initiale

27 septembre 2016

Nombre de pages

599

Illustrations

Avec illustrations

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal

Geoffrey R. Dixon

Deuxième auteur

David E. Aldous

Rédacteur en chef

Geoffrey R. Dixon

Deuxième rédacteur

David E. Aldous

Editeur principal

Springer

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Nom du fabricant

Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH

Adresse du fabricant

Europaplatz 3 | 69115| Heidelberg| DE

Adresse électronique du fabricant

ProductSafety@springernature.com

Autres spécifications

Hauteur de l’emballage

32 mm

Largeur d’emballage

155 mm

Largeur du produit

155 mm

Longueur d’emballage

235 mm

Longueur du produit

235 mm

Poids de l’emballage

10435 g

Police de caractères extra large

Non

Édition

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014

EAN

EAN

9789402403077

Sécurité des produits

Opérateur économique responsable dans l’UE

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Horticulture commerciale

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