Plant Science: Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants / Edition 5

by Margaret J. McMahon, Anton M. Kofranek deceased, Vincent E. Rubatzky

Overview

Plant Science: Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants, Fifth Edition, is an outstanding resource for anyone with an interest in how plants are grown and utilized for maintaining and adding enjoyment to human life. The text starts with the fundamentals of botany, plant physiology, and environmental factors affecting plant growth, while later sections integrate those topics into strategies of producing plants for human use as food, fiber, and recreation. The concept of sustainability and sustainable methods of growing plants runs throughout the text. Whether you are familiar or unfamiliar with plant science, this book will give you a firm understanding of concepts and terminology related to the growing of plants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780135014073
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	06/11/2010
Series:	Agribooks the Pearson Custom Publishing Program for Agriculture Series
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Margaret (Peg) McMahon is a fourth-generation horticulturist who grew up on the family farm, which she still co-owns. While growing up, she worked in the ornamental and tomato greenhouses her family owned and operated. She earned her BS in agriculture with a major in horticulture from The Ohio State University in 1970. After graduation, she worked as a grower and propagator for Yoder Bros., Inc. (now Aris Horticulture, Inc.) at their Barberton, OH, Salinas, CA, and Pendleton, SC, locations.

While in South Carolina, she earned her MS in horticulture and PhD in plant physiology from Clemson University in 1988 and 1992, respectively. Her research included early detection of chilling injury in tropical and subtropical foliage plants and the use of far-red absorbing filters as a potential technology to reduce stem elongation in greenhouse-grown ornamentals.

In 1994, she started a faculty position at The Ohio State University in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science. She retired in 2015 but continued teaching classes until 2017. The undergraduate classes she taught included both the introductory and senior capstone classes in horticulture and crop science, basic irrigation, basic and advanced greenhouse crop production, indoor gardening, and interiorscape, a field experience in floriculture. The graduate-level classes she taught included advanced greenhouse crop production, photomorphogenesis, and teaching methods.

Table of Contents

unit one

Environmental, Cultural, and Social Factors That Influence the Cultivation and Utilization of Plants

1 History, Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Plant Science

2 Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Relationship to Cultivating Plants

3 Growing Plants for Human Use

4 Climate

5 Soils

unit two

Plant Structure, Chemistry, Growth, Development, Genetics, Biodiversity, and Processes

6 Structure of Higher Plants

7 Plant Growth and Development

8 Plant Chemistry and Metabolism

9 Genetics and Propagation

10 Cultivated Plants: Naming, Classifying, Origin, Improvement, and Germplasm Diversity and Preservation

11 Photosynthesis and Respiration

12 Water Relations

13 Mineral Nutrition

unit three

Plant Production and Utilization of Plants

14 Soil, Water, and Fertility Management

15 Integrated Management of Weeds, Insects, Diseases, and Other Pests

16 General Considerations for Production, Harvest, Postharvest Handling, and Marketing

17 Field Crops Grown for Food, Fiber, and Fuel

18 Forage Crops and Rangelands

19 Vegetable Production

20 Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops

21 Tropical and Subtropical Crop and Crop Production Systems

22 Nursery Production

23 Floriculture

24 Turfgrasses

25 Landscape Plants

26 Constructed Landscapes and Landscape Design Considerations

Appendix

Glossary

Index