Science and the Garden The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice.

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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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Autor principal: Ingram, David S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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