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This collection features six peer-reviewed reviews on optimising
rootstock health. The first chapter considers recent advances in
irrigation techniques used in sustainable vegetable cultivation and
reviews the performance and efficiency of these systems. The second
chapter details the need to optimise precision in orchard
irrigation management, focussing on matching water supply to plant
demand as a means of achieving this. The third chapter assesses
irrigation management systems for tomato production and how these
can be optimised alongside nutrient management to ensure the
production of safe and nutritious tomatoes. The fourth chapter
summarises the common types of irrigation systems found in soilless
culture production, as well as the emergence of new systems,
including plant-based sensing and monitoring systems. The fifth
chapter highlights the need for more sustainable water use in
ornamental production systems and the methods which can be used to
achieve this, such as reducing runoff volume. The final chapter
considers recent advances in irrigation management in greenhouse
cultivation, focussing on water balance, crop evapotranspiration
techniques and irrigation scheduling.
This book maps how Brazil and the network of Portuguese-speaking
countries-the "Lusosphere"-are using digital technologies in new
ways to expand opportunities at all levels of society. From a
diverse range of perspectives across the Portuguese-speaking world,
contributors to this volume explore such questions as the
capability of information technologies to encourage social
inclusion in the face of economic inequality, the kinds of cultural
values that may replace those of the scarcity-based industrial era,
and the potential emergence of a virtual world order based on soft
power, given the failures of hard power alternatives. This book
explores how digital linkages between Brazil and
physically-separated Portuguese-speaking communities are
influencing the arts, creative industries, sports, learning,
business, and cultural evolution for hundreds of millions of
Portuguese-speaking people on five continents. At a time of
escalating calls in Europe and North America to close borders and
build walls, Brazil and the Emergence of a Digital Lusosphere
charts alternatives that offer inspiration and practical paths
toward a more inclusive world.
"From the beginning of this book to the end, it has been Professor
Hochmuth's intent to address and educate with a complete synopsis
of what he calls '...the wealth of research addressing the
challenges' in sustainable growth of vegetables... I believe he has
succeeded." (Plant Science Bulletin - Botanical Society of America)
Sustainability involves meeting current needs without compromising
the ability to meet future requirements. Like other crops,
vegetable cultivation faces a number of challenges in ensuring
sustainable production. These challenges include the need to
improve yields and quality to meet rising demand and higher
consumer expectations, the need to reduce the ongoing threats from
pathogens and pests. Focussing on temperate cultivation, Achieving
sustainable cultivation of vegetables summarises the wealth of
research addressing these challenges, from breeding improved
varieties to better techniques for cultivation and crop protection.
Part 1 reviews advances in physiology and breeding. Parts 2-3
summarise advances in cultivation and pest management. The final
part includes case studies on the breeding and cultivation of key
vegetables such as carrot, lettuce and cabbage. With its
distinguished editor and range of expert authors, this will be a
standard reference for horticultural scientists in universities,
government and other research centres involved in supporting
vegetable cultivation, as well as companies supporting the
vegetable sector.
This book maps how Brazil and the network of Portuguese-speaking
countries-the "Lusosphere"-are using digital technologies in new
ways to expand opportunities at all levels of society. From a
diverse range of perspectives across the Portuguese-speaking world,
contributors to this volume explore such questions as the
capability of information technologies to encourage social
inclusion in the face of economic inequality, the kinds of cultural
values that may replace those of the scarcity-based industrial era,
and the potential emergence of a virtual world order based on soft
power, given the failures of hard power alternatives. This book
explores how digital linkages between Brazil and
physically-separated Portuguese-speaking communities are
influencing the arts, creative industries, sports, learning,
business, and cultural evolution for hundreds of millions of
Portuguese-speaking people on five continents. At a time of
escalating calls in Europe and North America to close borders and
build walls, Brazil and the Emergence of a Digital Lusosphere
charts alternatives that offer inspiration and practical paths
toward a more inclusive world.
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