Science and the Garden: The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice [NOOK Book]

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Most conventional gardening books concentrate on how and when to carry out horticultural tasks such as pruning, seed sowing and taking cuttings. This book is unique in explaining in straightforward terms some of the science that underlies these practices. It is principally a book of 'Why' - Why are plants green? Why should one cut beneath a leaf node when taking cuttings? Why do plants need so much water? But it also goes on to deal with the 'How', providing rationale behind the practical advice. The coverage is ...
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Science and the Garden: The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice

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Overview

Most conventional gardening books concentrate on how and when to carry out horticultural tasks such as pruning, seed sowing and taking cuttings. This book is unique in explaining in straightforward terms some of the science that underlies these practices. It is principally a book of 'Why' - Why are plants green? Why should one cut beneath a leaf node when taking cuttings? Why do plants need so much water? But it also goes on to deal with the 'How', providing rationale behind the practical advice. The coverage is wide-ranging and comprehensive and includes the basic structure and functioning of garden plants, nomenclature, genetics and plant breeding, environmental factors affecting growth, methods of propagation and production, pest and disease control, and post harvest management and storage. Published on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society, this book will be a most valuable text for those sitting the RHS general examination, and horticultural students at certificate and diploma levels; it will also appeal to gardeners, growers and scientists.
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"I know of no book that deals with this range of subjects. I am sure the book is needed and that it will be welcomed by the horticultural community."

"Professor Gregory and the other scientists involved are all first rate. A major point in favour of the project is the high level of competence that is available for quite a diverse range of subject matter."

"Wide ranging and comprehensive topics with jargon-free scientific explanations... an excellent book for an introductory planbt science or horticultural science course. One reason is that the authors do a very good job of explaining in straightforward terms the "why" or the science that underlies the horticultural or gardening practices.... edited and well written by a group of highly regarded scientists" Journal of Environmental Quality.

'This book is unique in that it comprehensively covers subjects that are normally dealt with in separate publications.... it would be a valuable addition t othe librarties of students of horticulture and other interested individuals.' Andrea Tietmeyer, Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781444360356
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/26/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 368
  • Sales rank: 862,520
  • File size: 5 MB

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About the Editors
Professor David Ingram, Formerly Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, RHS Professor of Horticulture and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, UK

Dr Daphne Vince-Prue, Formerly Reader in Botany, University of Reading, Scientific Advisor to the Agricultural Research Council and Head, Physiology and Chemistry Department, Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, UK

Professor Peter Gregory, Institute Director, SCRI (Scottish Crop Research Institute), Dundee, Scotland, UK

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Table of Contents

1. Diversity in the Plant World.

2. Know your Plant: Structure and Function.

3. Reproduction: Securing the future.

4. Naming Plants.

5. Selecting and Breeding Plants.

6. Soils and Roots.

7. Soil Cultivation and Fertility.

8. The Plant’s Environment: Light and Water.

9. Raising Plants from Seed.

10. Propagating Plants Vegetatively.

11. Shape and Size.

12. Colour, Scent and Sound in the Garden.

13. Climate, Weather and Seasonal Effects.

14. Gardening in the Greenhouse.

15. The Diversity of Undesirables.

16. Controlling the undesirables.

17. Maturation, Ripening and Storage.

18. Conservation and Sustainable Gardening.

19. Gardens and the Natural World.

20. Gardens for Science

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