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Author : J. C. Norman
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Gardening
ISBN : WISC:89035640259
Author : Raymond A. T. George
Publisher : CABI
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781845937539
This volume consists of two parts. Part 1 comprises 6 chapters concerning the principles and practice of tropical vegetable production (including site, topography, soils and water; site management, seeds and types of cultivars; support for farmers; crop preparation and management; reducing pre- and postharvest losses and marketing surpluses). In Part 2, the crops have been mainly dealt with according to their taxonomy as botanical families, either as single or groups of families per chapter. These include: Alliaceae; Cruciferae [Brassicaceae]; Cucurbitaceae; Solanaceae; Leguminosae; leafy vegetables; Araceae, Convolvulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae; Andean tubers and roots and crops of the Lamiaceae and Apiaceae; and Gramineae [Poaceae] and Cyperaceae. Examples of the indigenous species which can be regarded as important sources of edible vegetative materials which are not dealt with in the main text have been listed in Appendix 1. Contact details of the main international research stations are provided in Appendix 2. This book has been written with the hope and purpose that it will be used by technical, college and university students during their studies of horticulture, crop production and agriculture; it is also for students on other allied courses and agriculturists who find themselves needing more vegetable-orientated information in the course of their professional activities. It is aimed to assist in the production of extension, advisory and research staff and officers who will be the core of trainers, advisors, researchers and extension workers in tropical and subtropical countries.
Author : C. N. Williams,J. O. Uzo,W. T. H. Peregrine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Gardening
ISBN : WISC:89037850229
General principles;cultivation of market vegetables.
Author : G. Jahir Hussain
Publisher : SBS Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Tropical vegetables
ISBN : 938009048X
CONTENTS: Fats & Oils; Vegetable Crops; Sweet Corn; Onion; Leek, Garlic & Asparagus; Rhubarb, Beet & Swiss Chard; Spinach, Cabbage & Cauliflower; Rabi, Turnip & Rutabaga; Horse-Radish & Strawberry; Effect of Tropical Vegetation on Seeds.
Author : Rangaswamy Muniappan,E. A. Heinrichs
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789402409246
It is an edited book with chapters written by multi-disciplinary specialists in their specific subject areas. It covers development of IPM components and packaging them for individual vegetable crops specifically targeted to tropical countries. Scientific background for IPM components or tactics will be included. There will be case studies of IPM packages developed and implemented in different countries. The concept of IPM has been in existence for the past six decades; however, a practical holistic program has not been developed and implemented for vegetable crops, in the developing countries. Currently the IPM adoption rate in the tropics is minimal and there is a need for implementation of IPM technologies that are environmentally safe, economical, and socially acceptable. We believe that adoption and implementation of IPM provided in this book will lead to significant reduction in crop losses and mitigate adverse impacts of pesticide use in the tropics. This book is an outcome 20 years of research, development and implementation of the IPM CRSP, a project supported by USAID and administered by Virginia Tech in several developing countries along the tropical belt in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Author : Volker Kleinhenz
Publisher : Herbert Utz Verlag
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Sustainable agriculture
ISBN : 3896751603
Author : Greg I. Johnson
Publisher : AVRDC-WorldVegetableCenter
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290581697
Author : H. D. Tindall
Publisher : A V I Publishing Company
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032789773
Abstract: A comprehensive accounting of principles and practical information on a wide variety of vegetable crops grown in the tropics is intended to enhance the appreciation of vegetable growers, extension officers, administrators, and food research workers concerning the potential for increasing vegetable crop production in the tropics. Common names, cultivars, origin, distribution, geographical areas of cultivation, botanical description, and other features are provided for 67 species of 20 different families of vegetables. Available information on environmental response, cultural requirements, growth period, harvesting, market preparation, storage, use, nutritional composition, and pests and diseases also is included for each of the species. Illustrations or photographs of these species are provided. Comprehensive data on cultivars, pests, and diseases are appended. (wz).
Author : Dipika Sahoo,,Bhimasen Naik,
Publisher : New India Publishing Agency
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789390175512
The book 'Tropical and Subtropical Vegetable Crops' is divided into 2 parts, with Part I covering General Considerations and Part-II with Production Technology. The former has two chapters dealing with Vegetables: An Overview and Types of Vegetable Gardens. The latter is spread over six sections covering production technology of 33 crops. Each crop is dealt under choice of cultivars, climate and soil requirements, sowing time, seed rate, nursery practices, preparation of field, transplanting, spacing, nutrient management, water and weed management, use of chemicals and growth regulators, other intercultural practices, crop protection, physiological disorders, harvesting, yield, post-harvest handling, and marketing. Simple and lucid language has been used for easy understanding of the beginners. Questions are set at the end of each chapter to assess the understanding of the students. Though the book is primarily written for under-graduate students of horticulture, the counterparts of agriculture will also be benefitted. It may serve as a help book for post-graduate students and extension officials.
Author : T. R. Gopalakrishnan
Publisher : New India Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 8189422413
With reference to India.
Author : Charles-Marie Messiaen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063133734
Looks at tropical vegetable gardens with a view to improving their production. This book includes a summary of climatic factors, effects of climate, tropical soil types, diseases, pests, weeds, improvement of seeds and plants, tropical leaf vegetables and leguminous food crops.
Author : Pam Dawling
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781550925128
Growing for 100 - the complete year-round guide for the small-scale market grower. Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres. Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement.
Author : Dr. D. KANNAN, M.Sc., Ph.D ,Dr. C. MOHAN, M.Sc., Ph.D ,Dr. J. KABARIEL, M.Sc., Ph.D ,Dr. H. VIJAYARAGHAVAN, M.Sc., Ph.D
Publisher : DARSHAN PUBLISHERS
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789386739124
The word Olericulture Originated from the Latin word oleris meaning pot herb and English word culture meaning raising of plants. It is the science of vegetable crops. The crop science which deals with the production, utilization and improvement of vegetable crops. Today Horticulture production is an unstable / gambling due to climate change mean while another side land area day by day shrinking, population increases and percapita availability increasing. So we need to adaptation of horticulture and agriculture crops as per changing climatic conditions. Horticulture production goes down every year so we need to look for alternate cropping pattern and techniques like integrated linking of water resources, water conservation techniques like drip and sprinkler irrigation. Cultivation of minor millet and underutilized horticulture crops need to grow so that it will consume low quantity of water, crop duration it reduces same time more nutrition as compare to major horticulture (Underutilized Crops) and agriculture crops (Cereals and Millets). We need to adopt the heat tolerant genotypes or tropicalization of horticulture crops, utilization of waste land to cultivable land by growing salineor acid tolerant crops. This book contains chapter which describes about ‘Tropical Vegetables Science ’’. So I hope that this book will be very useful for under graduate Horticulture and Agricultural students because it’s very simplified. This book covers 28chapters, chapter 1 deals with Scope and importance of tropical and sub-tropical vegetables, chapter 2 deals with classification and types of vegetable garden, chapter 3 covers Export standards of vegetable crops. Chapter 4 covers the production technology of solanaceae vegetable crops and chapter 5, 6 cucurbitaceous crops. The chapter 7-18 is about leguminaceae. Chapter 19-28 deals with tuber crops, leafy vegetables and perennial vegetable crops.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Horticultural Crops Group
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015017879696
Author : Robert P. Rice,Laura Williams Rice,H. D. Tindall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fruit
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050276728