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Controlled environment agriculture : production of specialty crops providing human health benefits through hydroponics /
Controlled Environment Agriculture - Production of Specialty Crops Providing Human Health Benefits through Hydroponics provides useful information on agricultural technology management that enables the grower to manipulate a crop's environment to the desired conditions. Specialty/functional foo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Global agriculture developments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Controlled Environment Agriculture - Production of Specialty Crops Providing Human Health Benefits through Hydroponics provides useful information on agricultural technology management that enables the grower to manipulate a crop's environment to the desired conditions. Specialty/functional foods can be produced through simple modification of nutritional composition and environmental controls. Management of chemical composition of hydroponic culture solution and physical modification of growing environments can enhance the performance of agricultural produce.Moreover, development and supplementation of special dietary components provides several human health benefits beyond basic nutrition. This book mainly include reviews and original research on the enchantment of growth and yield crop plants along with consistent production of secondary metabolites and antioxidants under controlled environments. Light quality mediated changes in nutritional quality and anti-oxidative properties of crop plants are also described.The final chapter reviews the current sensory perception of hydroponically grown fruits and vegetables compared to soil cultivation. The aim of this book is to represent a new way of thinking about sustainable production of specialty/functional foods using specialized culture techniques and demand oriented distribution. Interesting research on controlled environment agriculture from around the world are brought together in this book to produce a valuable resource for teachers, researchers, commercial growers and advanced students of plant biological science. (Imprint: Nova). The publication will benefit many people and groups such as researchers, teachers and students of biological science, commercial hydroponic growers, and in the local/ urban/ metropolitan area or in the places having environmental extremes. The proposed publication can be used in some interesting and unusual places besides typical growing condition. It can be a great scope to the following functions: · In the places where successful crop production is limited by environmental extremes such as arid land, coastal area, submerged area etc. this specialized culture techniques can be used successfully to supply fresh and nutritious vegetables. · In developing countries low-tech CEA systems can be used to provide intensive food production using limited acreage and resources. · Fortification of mineral nutrients and production of specialty dietary components in the agricultural produce. Useful to the super market/ expensive restaurant owners as they can supply readily a variety of fresh vegetables to the customers. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 214 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781634845175 163484517X 1634844890 9781634844895 |