文档介绍：Growing Food
Growing Food
A Guide to Food Production
By
Tony Winch
Hereford, UK
dua, Italy
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ISBN-10 1-4020-4827-0 (HB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4827-2 (HB)
ISBN-10 1-4020-4975-7 (e-book)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4975-0 (e-book)
Published by Springer,
. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, herlands.
Front Cover:
Top left - Beans for seed - Vincent Johnson
Top right - Long grain rice - Keith Weller, ARS/USDA
Lower left - Cambodian vegetable gardener - Vincent Johnson
Lower right - Maize cobs from South America - Keith Weller, ARS/USDA
Back Cover:
Potato seedling in the hand - Scott Bauer, ARS/USDA
Printed on acid-free paper
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1
THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES USED
IN AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
A Plant Growth 1
a Plant Propagation 1
b Plant Population 4
c Leaf Area Index 5
d The Root System 6
e The Nitrogen Cycle 6
B Arid Regions 8
a Plant/Soil/Water Relationships 8
b Plant Reaction to Stress 9
c Crop Management in Arid Regions 10
C Soil 11
a Saline Soils 15
b Soil Analysis 18
c Acid Soils/pH value 20
d Trace Elements 23
D Fertiliser 29
E The Plant 36
a Annual/Biennial/Perennial 36
b Botanical Classification/Taxonomy 36
c Cultivar/Variety 38
d Photosynthesis/Respiration 39
e Transpiration 39
f Wilting 39
g Shade Plants/Sun Plants 40
h Vegetative Reproduction 40
i Determinate/Indeterminate 42
j Day length/Photoperiodism 42
k Growth Period 43
l Tuber 44
m Rogue Pl