Plant Science
Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants, 5th Edition
Description
For courses in Introductory Agronomy, Horticulture, and Applied Plant Science.
Plant Science: Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants, Fifth Edition, is an outstanding resource for anyone with an interest in how plants are grown and utilized for maintaining and adding enjoyment to human life. The text starts with the fundamentals of botany, plant physiology, and environmental factors affecting plant growth, while later sections integrate those topics into strategies of producing plants for human use as food, fiber, and recreation. The concept of sustainability and sustainable methods of growing plants runs throughout the text. Whether you are familiar or unfamiliar with plant science, this book will give you a firm understanding of concepts and terminology related to the growing of plants.
Now in color, the fifth edition includes the most recent statistics, production methods, and issues concerning the production and utilization of plants.
Contents
Unit I: Environmental, Cultural, and Social Factors That Influence the Cultivation and Utilization of Plants
Chapter 1: History, Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Plant Science
Chapter 2: Terrestrial Ecosysems and Their Relationship to Cultivating Plants
Chapter 3: Plants for Human Use
Chapter 4: Climate – Solar radiation, Water, Temperature, Atmosphere
Chapter 5: Soils
Unit II: Plant structure, chemistry, growth and development, genetics and biodiversity
Chapter 6: Structure of Higher Plants
Chapter 7: Stages of Growth and Development
Chapter 8: Plant Chemistry and Metabolism
Chapter 9: Genetics and propagation
Chapter 10: Biodiversity
Chapter 11: Photosynthesis and Respiration
Chapter 12: Soil,Water, and Plant Relationships
Chapter 13: Nutrients
Unit III: Principles and Practices for the Production and Utilization of Plants
Chapter 14: Soil,Water, Fertility Management
Chapter 15: Integrated Management of Weeds, Insects, and Diseases
Chapter 16: General Considerations For Production, Harvest, Postharvest Handling, and Marketing
Chapter 17: Agronomic crops grown for food, fiber, fuel and other industrial uses (Peter Thomison)
Chapter 18: Forage crops
Chapter 19: Vegetable crops
Chapter 20: Temperate fruit crops
Chapter 21: Tropical and subtropical fruits and nuts
Chapter 22: Nursery Production. (Gary Bachman)
Chapter 23: Landscape plants
Chapter 24: Greenhouse crop production
Chapter 25: Turfgrass for golf courses, athletic fields and lawns (David Gardner
Chapter 26: Residential and Public Landscapes
