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"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 provides comprehensive, current scientific and applied
practical knowledge on vegetable grafting, a method gaining
considerable interest that is used to protect crops from soil-borne
diseases, abiotic stress and to enhance growth/yield. Though the
benefits of using grafted transplants are now fully recognized
worldwide, understanding the rootstock-scion interactions under
variable environmental pressures remains vital for
grafting-mediated crop improvement. In this book the authors attend
to this need and explain the reasons for, and methods and
applications of, grafting. Vegetable Grafting: Principles and
Practices covers: * rootstock breeding, signalling, and
physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in grafting; *
beneficial effects of grafting including reducing disease damage
and abiotic stress; * side effects relating to the impact of
grafting on fruit quality; and * practical applications and
speciality crops. Including high-quality colour images and written
by an international team of expert authors, this book provides
up-to-date scientific data and is also concerned with translating
science to the field. It is an essential resource for researchers,
advanced technicians, practitioners and extension workers.
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