Efficient Nutrient Management In California Vegetable Production

Author : Timothy K. Hartz
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781627110709

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Efficient Nutrient Management in California Vegetable Production by Timothy K. Hartz Pdf

With growers now facing increasingly stringent regulations designed to minimize nutrient losses to the environment, this guide outlines a fresh take on fertilization best practices for the industry. Nutrient management is critical to successful vegetable production. Given the high value and exacting market standards for size, appearance, and postharvest quality for vegetable crops, fertilizer management practices have focused on optimizing production across a wide range of field conditions. While effective in producing good crops, these practices are not necessarily reflective of input costs or environmental protection. Drawing on 25 years of industry experience, the author outlines the principles of nutrient management that are broadly applicable across crops and production regions. Growers, PCAs, and fertilizer industry professionals will find a practical understanding of crop nutrient requirements, soil nutrient availability, the value and limitations of soil and plant nutrient monitoring, and environmental protection in these pages.

Author : Donald Merhaut,Kimberly Willliams,Salvatore Mangiafico
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781601079831

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Water, Root Media, and Nutrient Management for Greenhouse Crops by Donald Merhaut,Kimberly Willliams,Salvatore Mangiafico Pdf

This user-friendly, practical guide was written for large and small greenhouse producers of containerized crops throughout the United States and all climates of North America. Inside you’ll find a thorough overview of plant nutrition and water quality. Originally associated with floriculture crops and “out-of-season” vegetable production, greenhouse production has experienced a recent sea change: new marketing trends, organic production, improved and more efficient production technologies, and the introduction of new laws and regulations related to environmental sustainability and food safety. To be successful, professional growers need to be equipped with a comprehensive understanding of greenhouse management today. Written by industry-based professionals and academics, its seventeen chapters demonstrate how water, root media, and fertilizer are integrated to optimize plant health, production efficiency, and the sustainability of resources and the environment.

Author : Zdenko Rengel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351427463

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Nutrient Use in Crop Production by Zdenko Rengel Pdf

If you?re an agronomist, horticulturalist, plant and soil scientist, breeder, or soil microbiologist, you?ll want to read Nutrient Use in Crop Production to find everything you need to know about judicious nutrient management and maximizing nutrient utilization in the agricultural landscape. In this book, you?ll discover ways to minimize undesirable nutrient losses and techniques for preserving the environment while meeting the challenges of providing the earth?s increasing population with sufficient food, feed, and fiber to sustain life. Your existing knowledge base concerning this vital area of science will expand and grow as you become more open to the new ideas and applications contained in Nutrient Use in Crop Production. Most importantly, you?ll avoid the narrow scope found in most crop nutrition books and take a broader, more globally minded view of how to maximize nutrient use and minimize nutrient losses in the soil of agricultural systems. Specifically, you?ll find these and other areas covered: population growth, food production, and nutrient requirements managing soil fertility decline the role of nitrogen fixation in crop production delivering fertilizers through seed coatings micronutrient fertilizers the role of nutrient-efficient crops in modern agriculture Feeding the world without depleting the world?s viable soil nutrients is a monumental task--but one that can be achieved, as evidenced in the pages of Nutrient Use in Crop Production. You and your circle of students, professionals, and administrators will benefit greatly from this in-depth view of nutrient use in both developed and non-industrialized counties to give you a better sense of how to allow both the world and the world?s crops to grow.

Author : James E. Ayars,Daniele Zaccaria,Khaled M. Bali
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323997201

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Microirrigation for Crop Production by James E. Ayars,Daniele Zaccaria,Khaled M. Bali Pdf

Microirrigation for Crop Production: Design, Operation, and Management, Second Edition, Volume Thirteen is the latest release in this go-to foundational resource for the basics of engineering and the science of the design and operation of micoirrigation systems. This new edition includes novel methods for measurement and estimation of evapotranspiration, resource-efficient microirrigation design and operation, advanced irrigation scheduling methods and tools, novel methods and technology of microirrigation automation, monitoring and control, updates in crop salinity tolerance and leaching practices, variable rate irrigation, updates on the use of biological effluents and chemicals and pesticides to include safety and regulatory concerns.The revised book will provide an understanding on the basic science needed to comprehend systems design, operation, management, maintenance, monitoring and performance evaluation. Presents a detailed explanation and examples of systems design, operation, and management specific to the latest types of microirrigation systems, as well as sample irrigation schedules Assesses the proper use of irrigation technology and its effects to increase efficiency and crop productivity Includes illustrations of design options and charts of systems typologies

Author : Emmanuel Geoffriau,Philipp W. Simon
Publisher : CABI
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789240955

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Carrots and Related Apiaceae Crops, 2nd Edition by Emmanuel Geoffriau,Philipp W. Simon Pdf

Fully updated with new content and full-colour figures, the second edition of this successful book reflects developments and growth in our knowledge of carrots and related crops worldwide. It covers the scientific basis of their biology and production, with updated technical crop management content. This new edition is divided into three sections: the first considers the crops' importance and main features; the second focuses on carrot, from genetic diversity and breeding to cropping systems, pest and disease management, quality, postharvest and valorization; and the third presents the main aspects of 13 other cultivated Apiaceae. Containing a dedicated chapter on root-quality plus new chapters on organic production and consumer expectations, this book also: - Highlights both unique and shared characteristics among cultivated Apiaceae species. - Describes the links between scientific principles and cropping systems. - Explores the relationship between crop management and product quality. An invaluable resource for all those involved in carrot and related vegetable production, this is essential reading for producers, and horticulture, plant science and food science students, as well as researchers in these areas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781601072726

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Nutrient Management in Cool-Season Vegetables by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeff Reid (Agricultural researcher),Jeffrey Donald Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fertilizer requirements
ISBN : 0473467453

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Nutrient Management for Vegetable Crops in New Zealand by Jeff Reid (Agricultural researcher),Jeffrey Donald Morton Pdf

Author : Thomas P. Tomich
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520962231

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The California Nitrogen Assessment by Thomas P. Tomich Pdf

Nitrogen is indispensable to all life on Earth. However, humans now dominate the nitrogen cycle, and nitrogen emissions from human activity have real costs: water and air pollution, climate change, and detrimental effects on human health, biodiversity, and natural habitats. Too little nitrogen limits ecosystem processes, while too much nitrogen transforms ecosystems profoundly. The California Nitrogen Assessment is the first comprehensive account of nitrogen flows, practices, and policies for California, encompassing all nitrogen flows—not just those associated with agriculture—and their impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. How California handles nitrogen issues will be of interest nationally and internationally, and the goal of the assessment is to link science with action and to produce information that affects both future policy and solutions for addressing nitrogen pollution. This book also provides a model for application of integrated ecosystem assessment methods at regional and state (subnational) levels.

Author : R. Holmer,G. Linwattana,P. Nath,J.D.H. Keatinge
Publisher : AVRDC-WorldVegetableCenter
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290582007

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SEAVEG 2012: High Value Vegetables in Southeast Asia: Production, Supply and Demand by R. Holmer,G. Linwattana,P. Nath,J.D.H. Keatinge Pdf

Author : Fred Magdoff,Harold Van Es
Publisher : Sare
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Humus
ISBN : 1888626135

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Building Soils for Better Crops by Fred Magdoff,Harold Van Es Pdf

"'Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."

Author : Rabindra N. Roy,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : FAO
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015064115739

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Plant Nutrition for Food Security by Rabindra N. Roy,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Food security is an issue of global concern, and it will be determined to a large extent by developments in plant nutrition. This publication examines key topics relating to plant nutrition with special reference to integrated nutrient management for crop production, including present and future demand for plant nutrients, soil fertility and crop production, management of plant nutrients and their sources, nutrient management guidelines for major field crops, economic and policy issues, food quality and consumer health, and environmental issues.

Author : Francesco Tei,Silvana Nicola,Paolo Benincasa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319536262

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Advances in Research on Fertilization Management of Vegetable Crops by Francesco Tei,Silvana Nicola,Paolo Benincasa Pdf

This book is a review of the recent literature on the key scientific and technical subjects of fertilization management in vegetable crops. In the last decades, research on fertilization management in vegetables was aimed at producing economical yields with reduced fertilizer inputs by the development and implementation of cropping systems, nutrient management approaches and crop varieties. Examples of the interventions in cropping systems included adequate crop rotations, inter-cropping, double cropping, and other strategies for a better soil organic matter management; nutrient management approaches included modelling, Decision Support Systems, crop nutritional status testing and precision agriculture technologies; amelioration of crop varieties has been directed toward higher nutrient/fertilizer use efficiency.

Author : Jeff Reid (Agricultural researcher),Jeffrey Donald Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fertilizer requirements
ISBN : 0473467461

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Nutrient Management for Vegetable Crops in New Zealand by Jeff Reid (Agricultural researcher),Jeffrey Donald Morton Pdf

Author : Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Nicolas Tremblay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fertilizers
ISBN : 0662304942

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Nitrogen Management in Field Vegetables [electronic Resource] : a Guide to Efficient Fertilisation by Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Nicolas Tremblay Pdf

Author : Jian-Ming Xu,Pan Ming Huang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642052972

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Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth’s Critical Zone by Jian-Ming Xu,Pan Ming Huang Pdf

"Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone" presents contributions from the 1st International Symposium of Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone held in Hangzhou, China. It introduces new ideas, findings, methods, and experience on above new and emerging subject areas. A broad range of topics are covered: the role of mineral colloids in carbon turnover and sequestration and the impact on climate change, biogeochemical interfacial reactions and dynamics of vital and toxic elements, ecotoxicology of anthropogenic organics, environmental nanoparticles and their impacts, and ecosystem health. The book will be a valuable reference for researchers in soil chemistry, environmental chemistry, mineralogy, microbiology, ecology, ecotoxicology, and physics. Jianming Xu is a Professor at the Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, China. Pan Ming Huang is a Professor at the Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.