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Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Horticulture
Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology: Integrated Nutrient
Management focuses on agricultural techniques and integrated
nutrient management of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.). Peanuts are
the second most important oil crop of India, occupying 5.7 million
hectares, with an average production of 0.8 ton/ha, which is 23.5%
of the India's total oil seed production. Worldwide annual
production of shelled peanuts was 42 million metric tons in 2014.
It is the world's 4th most important source of edible oil and the
3rd most important source of vegetable protein. The volume includes
basic and advanced information on production, agrotechniques, and
integrated nutrient management of Arachis hypogaea L. crop plant.
It studies the physiology of the peanut, looking at the proper
environmental conditions for optimal growth as well as under
various subnormal conditions. It explores the methods of nitrogen
application as well as the influence of different sowing dates and
population densities to harvest its full yield potential. The book
covers methods to achieve balanced nutrition, including using
organic manures in groundnut farming to enhance yielding ability.
The book will be a rich resource for those in agriculture,
horticulture, and allied sciences, particularly for agricultural
scientists in plant and crop physiology, agronomy, and soil
science. Farm owners and managers of peanut crops and production
will also benefit from the information provided in this volume.
Turfgrass is required to meet a challenging range of aesthetic,
functional and environmental requirements, whilst also adapting to
the threat of abiotic and biotic stresses which are being
accentuated by climate change. The turfgrass industry is also
facing increasing pressure to reduce its environmental impact and
advance more sustainable maintenance practices that utilise and/or
optimise fewer agronomic-related resources. Achieving sustainable
turfgrass management summarises the wealth of recent research that
addresses these challenges, whilst also identifying potential
mitigation strategies to reduce the sector's contribution to
climate change, such as reduced fertilizer use and water
conservation. This collection also highlights developments in
breeding for improved cultivars of turfgrass with enhanced abiotic
and biotic stress responses, as well as climate resilience. In its
extensive exploration of turfgrass physiology, breeding and
cultivation, the book showcases how the turfgrass industry can
adopt more sustainable management practices and reduce its
environmental impact.
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Hybrid
(Hardcover)
Noel Kingsbury
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R1,097
Discovery Miles 10 970
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Disheartened by the shrink-wrapped, Styrofoam-packed state of
contemporary supermarket fruits and vegetables, many shoppers hark
back to a more innocent time, to visions of succulent red tomatoes
plucked straight from the vine, gleaming orange carrots pulled from
loamy brown soil, swirling heads of green lettuce basking in the
sun.
With "Hybrid," Noel Kingsbury reveals that even those imaginary
perfect foods are themselves far from anything that could properly
be called natural; rather, they represent the end of a
millennia-long history of selective breeding and hybridization.
Starting his story at the birth of agriculture, Kingsbury traces
the history of human attempts to make plants more reliable,
productive, and nutritious--a story that owes as much to accident
and error as to innovation and experiment. Drawing on historical
and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes,
Kingsbury shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless
anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary
pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs--and
thus led us from sparse wild grasses to succulent corn cobs, and
from mealy, white wild carrots to the juicy vegetables we enjoy
today. At the same time, Kingsbury reminds us that contemporary
controversies over the Green Revolution and genetically modified
crops are not new; plant breeding has always had a political
dimension.
A powerful reminder of the complicated and ever-evolving
relationship between humans and the natural world, "Hybrid" will
give readers a thoughtful new perspective on--and a renewed
appreciation of--the cereal crops, vegetables, fruits, and flowers
that are central to our way of life.
This two-part volume with contributions from more than 50
international specialists, provides an up-to-date text and brings
together facts and views of acarologists specialized in various
aspects of the biology of spider mites. The need for such a
treatment of scientific progress and recommended topics for future
research exists among students, commencing in the study of
acarology and plant protection, as well as among those engaged in
acarological research and teaching. Both books will serve to
provide a synthesis of much of the knowledge on basic and applied
aspects of the biology of spider mites and their natural enemies;
stimulate students to analyse critically the views propounded by
the authors of the book, and instigate research into
environmentally safe and cost effective means of pest control.
Not all saleable crops are dependent on access to greenhouses or
sun-drenched, arable land. Shade-loving medicinal herbs can be
successfully cultivated in a forest garden for personal use or as
small-scale cash crops. "Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal
and other Woodland Medicinals" is a complete guide to these
increasingly popular botanicals, aimed at aspiring and experienced
growers alike.
In this fully revised and updated edition, authors Jeanine Davis
and W. Scott Persons show how more than a dozen sought-after native
species can generate a greater profit on a rugged, otherwise idle
woodlot than just about any other legal crop on an equal area of
cleared land. With little capital investment but plenty of sweat
equity, patience, and common sense, small landowners can preserve
and enhance their treed space while simultaneously earning
supplemental income. Learn how to establish, grow, harvest, and
market:
- Popular medicinal roots such as ginseng, goldenseal, and black
cohosh;
- Other commonly used botanicals including bloodroot, false
unicorn, and mayapple
- The nutritious wild food, ramps, and the valuable ornamental
galax.
Packed with budget information, extensive references, and
personal stories of successful growers, this invaluable resource
will excite and inspire everyone from the home gardener to the
full-time farmer.
Jeanine Davis is an associate professor and extension specialist
with North Carolina State University. Her focus is helping farmers
diversify into new crops and organic agriculture.
W. Scott Persons is the author of "American Ginseng: Green Gold"
and an expert in growing and marketing wild-simulated and
woods-cultivated ginseng.
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Organic farming
(Paperback)
Ulrich Sidoine Wuibe Woubassi, Moise Adamou, Elias Nukenine Nchiwan
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R1,481
Discovery Miles 14 810
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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