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Sustainable Horticultural Systems Issues, Technology and Innovation /

Sustainable horticulture movement is growing the past few decades and gaining increasing attention among the scientific and farming community. An understanding of the impacts and relevant adaptation strategies are of foremost importance to sustain the productivity and profitability of horticulture c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Nandwani, Dilip (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, 2
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section A: Sustainable Horticultural Systems. 1. Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems in the Caribbean; Velta Fenis-Napoleaon, Dilip Nandwani
  • 2. Horticulture Based Production Systems in Indian Arid Regions; D.C. Bhandari et al
  • 3. Principles and practices of sustainable vegetable production systems; Ajay Nair et al
  • 4. A Small Integrated Farm System in a Tropical Insular Environment of Guam - A Case Study; Mari Marutani, John Brown
  • 5. Impacts of Vulnerabilities and Climate Change on Sustainable Agriculture for Caribbean Small Island Developing States (CSIDS); Rohanie Maharaj, Dimple Singh-Ackbarali
  • Section B : Biodiversity in Sustainable Horticultural Systems. 6. Agroforestry in the Caribbean, Traditional Systems, both Sustainable and Biodiverse; Michael Morgan, Thomas Zimmermann
  • 7. Role of Horticulture in Biodiversity Conservation; Nidhi Gupta, Ashwani Kumar
  • 8. Avocado History, Biodiversity and Production; Tomas Ayala Silva, Noris Ledesma
  • 9. Orchid fruit diversity at Puebla Mexico: A new insight into the biodiversity of a fragmented ecosystem with need for conservation and potential for horticultural exploitations in future; William Cetzal-Ix et al
  • Section C : Breeding and Improvement in Sustainable Horticultural Systems
  • 10. Advances in Microbial Insect Control in Horticultural Ecosystem; Shaohui Wu et al
  • 11. Plant Breeding: A Tool for Achieving Food Sufficiency; M.K.Osei et al
  • 12. Transcriptome analysis of Musa and its applications in banana improvement; S. Backiyarani et al
  • 13. Commiphora wightii (Arnott.)Bhandari in the Indian Desert: Biology, Distribution and Threat Status; R. N. Kulloli, Suresh Kumar
  • 14. Risk Assessments and Management Practices for the Major Invasive Plants Recorded in the Horticultural Ecosystem on Western Pacific; Gadi V.P. Reddy
  • 15. Genetic Resources of Vegetable Crops: Indian Perspective; Anjula Pandey
  • 16. Plant Disease Prevention and Management in Sustainable Agricultural Systems; Koon-Hui Wang, Janice Uchida. Index.