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Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small
scale farmers can have big time success. Compact Farms is an
illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or
perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on less than five acres.
The farm plans explain how to harness an area's water supply,
orientation, and geography in order to maximise efficiency and
productivity while minimising effort. Profiles of well known
farmers such as Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier show that
farming on a small scale in any region, in both urban and rural
settings, can provide enough income to turn the endeavor from hobby
to career. These real life plans and down-and-dirty advice will
equip you with everything you need to actually realise your farm
dreams.
The economic importance of Tortricidae in agriculture and forestry
is great: crops and forests in the temperate climatic zones suffer
considerable loss due to this lepidopterous family. This volume
covers the entire spectrum from taxonomy, morphology and physiology
to chemical and biological control. It will provide an opening to
the scientifc literature on Tortricidae for scientists in research
institutions, universities and experimental stations. The indices
include entries for synonyms referring to the species names used in
this volume.
This title provides a general overview of recent developments and
research into types of systems and their uses in the agricultural
and horticultural industry. 64 papers are included, containing both
theoretical models and applied examples for greenhouse systems,
harvesting technology and plant factory systems.
Explore the grand gardens and forests of Europe and Britain with
esteemed landscape designer William Guilfoyle, as he did with his
wife on their honeymoon. The Guilfoyles took their Grand Tour
honeymoon in 1890, at the height of William's reputation as the
architect of one of the world's great botanical masterpieces,
Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. His visits to impressive
landscapes — as diverse as Kew Gardens, Versailles and the wild
gardens of England — inspired a series of illustrated articles,
which were published to great acclaim on his return to Australia.
This book deals in detail with all aspects of hop growing, hop cone
handling, drying, storage and processing into hop products and
preparations, and with their utilization in the brewing industry.
Particular attention is given to theoretical and practical hop
production problems from the perspective of biology, chemistry, and
economics, the ultimate objective of the book being high-quality
hop raw materials for the brewing industries.
The book is intended for hop growers, traders, brewing specialists,
agricultural colleges, hop research and brewing industry
institutes.
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.
Overlooking the physiological needs of plants can lead to potential
problems that can have negative financial and design impacts.
Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites is a practical book giving
practitioners in landscape design the essential horticultural
knowledge and concepts needed to understand the limits of the
material they are working with and make informed decisions. From
specification to supervision, this book provides concrete advice
along with practical examples for each stage of a typical project.
It contains sections on: the landscape site; selecting, assessing
and purchasing plants; understanding nursery practice; forms and
types of transplant traded; seeds and direct seeding; pre-planting
site work; transplanting; and care in the establishment phase.
Specially commissioned high quality line diagrams and full colour
photographs are used throughout to demonstrate meaning and give
examples. Peter Thoday is an experienced consultant, international
lecturer in landscape management, and past president of The
Institute of Horticulture, who has had numerous roles in
high-profile projects, such as Horticultural Director of the Eden
Project. Written by an expert, this book is as an essential tool
for landscape architects, project managers, contractors and nursery
managers.
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Horticultural and Agricultural Plant Production
- In English, Dutch, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin
(Hardcover)
International Society for Hort, The Ministry of Agriculture N
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The first edition of this dictionary, Elsevier's Dictionary of
Horticulture, edited by J. Nydam and A. de Jong was published in
1970. Since that time horticulture has expanded and developed
spectacularly and the aim of this second edition is to meet a
worldwide need to develop close contacts and to keep up with the
developments in the horticultural world. Numerous terms have been
introduced, covering a far broader field than the previous
dictionary.
Again English was chosen as the basic language and Portuguese
has been added with Latin for the scientific names of organisms.
Apart from the traditional subjects like vegetables, fruits,
arboriculture, floriculture, mushrooms, crop science, plant
breeding, botany and soil science, it now also includes tropical
and subtropical horticulture, herbs and spices, landscaping, arable
farming and grasses. More attention has been paid to market
planning, economics, education, and extension and labour
management. A number of terms relating to apiculture, meteorology
and informatics have been introduced. Technology has been given
more prominence, but so many new terms have been coined in this
field that a selection had to be made. Regarding plant diseases,
only general terms are mentioned; specific pests and diseases are
not listed in view of the existence of specialized dictionaries.
The same goes for weeds. A list of international organizations is
included, with translations in English and French.
Selenium plays a significant role in preventing certain types of
cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The level of Selenium in the
human body depends on its concentration in food. In turn, the
content in vegetable crops is a function of the soil-plant system.
There are many countries in the world with low Selenium content in
the soil. The average daily human intake is thus limited through
food chain. Analysis of Selenium status suggests that fortification
of the soil substrate with Sodium Selenate, and foliar application
to agricultural crops are both effective means of Selenium
enrichment. Our intention for this publication is to present the
possibilities of augmenting Selenium content by biofortification of
soils and plants through differentiated nutrition. In the first
part of the monograph, the results of Selenium supplementation in
model vegetation experiments are presented. The next part of the
monograph presents the results of foliar supplementation of
Selenium in field conditions. This book is an outstanding reference
source for plant breeders and researchers engaged in
biofortification of horticulture crops. It is also beneficial to
agricultural companies and other stakeholders.
This two-volume book presents an up-to-date account of armored
scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididas), a family of highly
specialized insects, many of which are important agricultural
pests. Being sedentary, colonial and rather cryptic, many species
have invaded new countries with important host plants. This has
made them prime targets for biological control by natural enemies.
No other book has attempted to present such a rounded picture of
this important group. It covers all aspects: morphology,
systematics, phylogeny, biology, ecology, natural enemies
(pathogens, predators, parasites), pest status, control measures
(quarantine, eradication, monitoring, chemical control, biological
control, mechanical control, integrated control), as well as pest
problems and control on specific crops, from a worldwide
perspective.
The armored scale insects: their morphology, systematics and
phylogeny; reproductive biology and genetics; development biology
and physiology; ecology; and techiques for their study is handled
in Volume A.
The natural enemies of armored scale insects, and with their damage
and control: pathogens; predators; parasites; hyperparasites;
ecology and efficacy of natural enemies; techniques; economic
importance; quarantine; eradication; forecasting and monitoring
infestations; chemical control; biological control; mechanical
control; integrated pest management; pest problems and control in
specific crops is dealt with in Volume B.
The book is intended for a broad audience: professional
entomologists, extension specialists, pest control operators and
advanced horticulturists and agriculturists, as well as biologists,
naturalists and environmentalists (the lattershould find the strong
emphasis on natural enemies and biological control of interest).
In spite of the extensive attention given by research workers to
aphids no comprehensive review has been published covering all
aspects of aphid biology. A few small books exist on certain
aspects of nomenclature, ecology, physiology and natural enemies.
Aphid biology is studied by many specialists, all representing
their own area of interest, therefore the only way to present this
comprehensive review is by the multi-author approach. This
three-volume work is compiled in a similar way to the first books
in the series World Crop Pests: Spider Mites. The volumes contain
contributions by more than 40 authors. In this first volume an
account is given on morphology and systematics, anatomy, genetics,
life cycles, ways of life, reproduction and polymorphism and
interaction with the environment. These topics are followed by an
in-depth study of evolution of aphids, especially in connection
with the evolution of plants. In addition processes governing the
development of population structure and speciation are elicited.
Ornamental plants are plants grown for decorative purposes. They
include cut flowers, bulbs, potted plants, shrubs and trees for
gardening and landscape design. Like other crops, ornamentals face
challenges such as biotic and abiotic stresses as well as the need
to develop more sustainable, 'climate-smart' methods of
cultivation. This collection reviews the rich range of research
addressing these challenges. Part 1 discusses advances in
understanding plant physiology, genetic diversity and breeding
techniques. Chapters cover recent research on how plants respond to
abiotic stress, ways of exploiting genetic diversity to improve
target traits, advances in both conventional and marker-assisted
breeding techniques, as well as their use to produce abiotic
stress-resistant varieties. Part 2 surveys advances in cultivation
techniques in such areas as nutrition, irrigation, protected
cultivation and integrated disease management.
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