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Science and the Garden The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice.
Cultivating the soil -- Managing soil nutrients -- Sources of the major plant nutrients -- Fertilisers -- Manures -- Composts -- Managing soil pH -- Managing water -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 8 The plant environment: light and water -- Summary -- Introduct...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2015.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Science and the Garden |h [electronic resource] : |b The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Royal Horticultural Society -- Title page -- Copyright -- Preface to third edition -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- Chapter 1 Diversity in the plant world -- Summary -- Introduction -- Creating order out of disorder -- Colonisation of the land -- Communities and the diversity of life forms -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 2 The plant body: structure and function -- Summary -- Introduction -- Energy flow in the biosphere: photosynthesis and respiration -- The leaf: into the labyrinth -- The stem: reach for the sky | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The root: mining for minerals and water -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 3 Reproduction: securing the future -- Summary -- Introduction -- Vegetative reproduction -- Sexual reproduction -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 4 Naming plants -- Summary -- Introduction -- Latin botanical names -- Taxonomy: order in diversity -- Cultivated plant taxonomy -- Why plants change their names -- The quest for stability and linking information systems -- How to identify a plant -- Conclusion -- Further reading | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 5 Selecting and breeding plants -- Summary -- Introduction: adaptation and design -- Genes -- Genomes -- Mutation -- Heterozygosity and homozygosity -- Breeding systems -- Recombinant DNA technology -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 6 Soils and roots -- Summary -- Introduction -- How soils are formed -- Physical properties of soils -- Chemical properties of soils -- Biological properties of soils -- Roots and soils -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 7 Soil cultivation and fertility | |
| 520 | |a Cultivating the soil -- Managing soil nutrients -- Sources of the major plant nutrients -- Fertilisers -- Manures -- Composts -- Managing soil pH -- Managing water -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 8 The plant environment: light and water -- Summary -- Introduction -- Light and photosynthesis -- The effects of shade -- Water -- Physical structures that help to conserve water -- Biochemical pathways that help conserve water -- Salinity -- Too much water -- Aquatic plants -- Watering in the garden -- Choosing plants for particular conditions | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 9 Plants and the seasons -- Summary -- Introduction -- Day-length -- Temperature -- Direct effects of temperature on flowering -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 10 Growing plants from seed -- Summary -- Introduction -- Seed production and germination -- Seed storage -- Dormancy -- Germination -- Some practical considerations -- Collecting seeds, and F1 hybrids -- Further reading -- Authors and affiliations -- Chapter 11 Vegetative propagation -- Summary -- Introduction | |
| 500 | |a Characteristics of vegetative propagation and its value to gardeners | ||
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