Practical Horticulture / Edition 7

Practical Horticulture / Edition 7

ISBN-10:
0135038669
ISBN-13:
9780135038666
Pub. Date:
01/03/2010
Publisher:
Pearson Education
ISBN-10:
0135038669
ISBN-13:
9780135038666
Pub. Date:
01/03/2010
Publisher:
Pearson Education
Practical Horticulture / Edition 7

Practical Horticulture / Edition 7

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Overview

Practical Horticulture, Seventh Edition, is a classic, scientifically oriented book for basic horticulture. It presents readers with the fundamentals of horticultural science and its applications in both the commercial and home sectors. Easy-to-read, the books’s ample illustrations, chapter objectives, and chapter-ending review questions, help readers learn the concepts. Some exciting new features to this edition include:

  • Updated with timely coverage of hot environmental topics.
  • The latest information on horticultural science for indoor and outdoor plants.
  • A new chapter on careers in horticulture has been added.

This is a great resource for anyone interested in horticulture!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780135038666
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 01/03/2010
Series: Agribooks the Pearson Custom Publishing Program for Agriculture Series
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 448
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1 The “Green Industry” and Careers in Horticulture
  • CHAPTER 2 Botanical Nomenclature, Anatomy, and Physiology
  • CHAPTER 3 Plant Growth and Development
  • CHAPTER 4 Climate and Plant Growth
  • CHAPTER 5 Plant Propagation
  • PART II Growing Plants Outdoors
  • CHAPTER 6 Outdoor Soils and Fertility
  • CHAPTER 7 Diagnosing and Treating Outdoor Plant Disorders
  • CHAPTER 8 Vegetable Gardening
  • CHAPTER 9 Growing Tree Fruits and Nuts
  • CHAPTER 10 Bush and Other Small Fruits
  • CHAPTER 11 Flower and Herb Gardening
  • CHAPTER 12 Home Landscape Planning
  • CHAPTER 13 Landscape Installation and Maintenance
  • CHAPTER 14 Lawns and Lawn-Substitute Plants
  • PART III Growing Plants Indoors
  • CHAPTER 15 Indoor Plant Maintenance
  • CHAPTER 16 Media, Fertilizers, and Watering
  • CHAPTER 17 Light and Indoor Plant Growth
  • CHAPTER 18 Controlling Indoor Plant Pests and Diseases
  • CHAPTER 19 Decorating with Growing Plants and Fresh Flowers
  • CHAPTER 20 Greenhouses and Related Climate-Controlling Structures
  • Appendix A: Professional Organizations for Horticulturists
  • Appendix B: Professional and Trade Journals in Horticulture
  • Appendix C: State Extension Services
  • Glossary
  • Index

Preface

The fifth edition of Practical Horticulture marks over 20 years that the book has been in print, as well as a major turning point in broadening the text. It was originally conceived as a university text for nonmajors courses in horticulture with the idea that the students would acquire a sound (if limited) foundation in aspects of horticultural science such as physiology, nomenclature, anatomy, growth and development, and so on (Part 1). In addition to this, they would learn of the applications of the principles of horticulture to home horticulture both outdoors (Part 2) and indoors (Part 3)—applications that might eventually be useful in their lives after university.

But the clarity and readability of the text, combined with the great number of instructional photos and illustrations, have brought it to the attention of horticulture instructors who teach this course in a myriad of ways and at a variety of levels.

For this reason, in the fifth edition I have chosen to not only update but to broaden the text, keeping the basic core horticultural science in Part 1, but enhancing it with more information about the profession of horticulture and with descriptions of the techniques in commercial production horticulture. You will find the following improvements in this substantially revised fifth edition.

  • A new section with the current (but ever-changing) definition of what a "plant" is in the light of modern investigation into the genetic relationships among earth's organisms
  • A list of the national and international professional organizations for the specializations within horticulture, and a list of trade and professional journals
  • An introduction to ethics in horticulture, and an example of one professional organization's ethical guidelines
  • Sections on commercial production technology for container-grown landscape plants, bedding plants, field vegetables, high-density tree fruit production, commercial seed production, and greenhouse pot plants.

In addition, there is new material in the text on safety in regard to the mixing and application of pesticides, pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables, and power landscape maintenance equipment. A sample pesticide label diagram (in the form required by the Environmental Protection Agency) and a summary of national legislation over the past 30 years in regard to pesticides in agriculture have been included also.

Allied information on nonchemical pest and disease control and the increasing role of beneficial insects (with photos of some of them in action), a table of biological control agents such as nematodes and predator wasps, and a section on fungicidal inoculants for prevention of root diseases round out this enhancement.

The soils chapter has been enlarged to include sections on the role of soil organisms in plant growth, disussions of field capacity and matric potential in irrigation, current and traditional soil conservation techniques, and a traditional soil texture diagram.

Appreciation is expressed to Erric Ross, Mt. Hood Community College; Craig A. Tolley, County College of Morris; Dawn Gatherum, Weber State University; Ellen B. Peffley, Texas Technical University who reviewed the text.

The authors hope that the updating and broadening of the text will be appreciated by those who currently use it, and will make it more applicable to a wider range of courses taught by professors and teachers of horticultural science in all of North America.

Laura Williams Rice
Sept 21, 2001

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