Hartmann's Plant Science
Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants, 4th Edition
Description
This text is appropriate for Introduction to Plant Science courses.
This comprehensive text is written for anyone with an interest in how plants are grown and utilized for maintaining and adding enjoyment to human life. It also explores how plants have a tremendous economic impact in developed and developing nations. This new edition has been revised to reflect 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: Terrestial Ecosystems
CHAPTER 3: Human Impact on Ecosystems
CHAPTER 4: Climate - Solar Radiation and Moisture Availability
CHAPTER 5: Climate - Temperature, Air Movement, and Composition
CHAPTER 6: Soil and Managing Soil, Soil Water, and Fdertility
CHAPTER 7: Itegrated Management of Weeds, Insects, and Diseases
UNIT II: Plant Structure, Chemistry, Growth and Development, Genetics, and Biodiversity
CHAPTER 8: Structure of Higher Plants
CHAPTER 9: Stages of Growth and Development
CHAPTER 10: Plant Chemistry and Metabolism
CHAPTER 11: Photosynthesis and Respiration
CHAPTER 12: Soil and Plant Water Relations
CHAPTER 13: Plant Nutrients
CHAPTER 14: Genetics and Propagation
CHAPTER 15: Crop Biodiversity: Naming, Classifying, Origin, and Germplam Preservation
UNIT III: Crops: Their Production and Utilization Systems
CHAPTER 16: Field Crops Grown for Food, Fiber, Fuel, and Other Industrial Uses
CHAPTER 17: Forage Crops and Rangelands
CHAPTER 18: Vegetable Production
CHAPTER 19: Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops
CHAPTER 20: Tropical and Subtropical Crops and Crop Production Systems
CHAPTER 21: Nursery Production
CHAPTER 22: Landscape Plants: Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants
CHAPTER 23: Floriculture
CHAPTER 24: Turfgrasses
CHAPTER 25: Residential and Public Landscapes
CHAPTER 26: Harvest, Post-Harvest Handling, Storage, Distribution, and Marketing
APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
INDEX
