Knotts Handbook Of Vegetable Growers

Author : Donald N. Maynard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118686101
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers written by Donald N. Maynard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading one-stop reference for commercial vegetable growers for more than 50 years Rooted in tradition, branching out to the future. For more than half a century, Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers has provided generations of commercial growers with the most timely, accessible, and useful information available on the subject. The Fifth Edition of this highly regarded horticultural mainstay provides readers with the reliable growing and marketing information they've come to expect, while including new and updated material throughout to maintain its relevance in our ever-changing world. Filled with valuable information, largely in the form of tables and charts--from hard statistics on vegetable production and consumption to essential information for today's international markets, such as vegetable botanical names and vegetable names in nine languages--Knott's Handbook is part Farmer's Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary. It also provides detailed, practical specifics on planting rates, schedules, and spacing; soils and fertilizers; methods for managing crop pests; greenhouse vegetable and crop production; insect pest identification; harvesting and storage; and vegetable marketing. Now available in a new flexible cover designed for ease of use on the desk or in the field, this valuable workhorse features new information on: * World vegetable production * Best management practices * Organic crop production * Food safety * Pesticide safety * Postharvest problems * Minimally processed vegetables * Plus, hundreds of Web site links related to vegetable information

Author : George J. Hochmuth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119811074
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers written by George J. Hochmuth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knott’s Handbook for Vegetable Growers Authoritative and comprehensive go-to reference work for commercial vegetable growers around the world For more than 65 years, Knott’s Handbook for Vegetable Growers has provided generations of commercial growers with the most timely, accessible, and useful information available on the subject, containing key guidance on transplant production, planting rates and spacing, irrigation, fertilization, methods for controlling diseases, and insect pest identification, plus important information on topics such as composting, post-harvest storage and processing, genetically-engineered crops, organic growing, federal regulations and best management practices, environmentally friendly pest management, and food safety. To allow for convenient and efficient access to the enormous amount of data contained within, most of the information is presented in the form of tables and charts. The work goes above and beyond to provide everything a reader needs to know on the subject, even including a multilanguage vegetable dictionary. Now in its 6th edition, the work has been significantly expanded and modernized to cover key modern advancements in the industry, such as: Computer-based crop monitoring technologies, robotic disease control and harvesting systems, and new protected-ag production systems (including vertical systems and indoor production) New production systems pertaining to protected organic agriculture, soil moisture sensing, environmental monitoring, soil health, and soil conservation New technologies, including satellite-based decision-making, robotics, and UAVs for increasing production efficiency The various advances that have been made in food safety regulations, plus coverage of new invasive pests Part Farmer’s Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary, Knott’s Handbook for Vegetable Growers serves as an invaluable asset for growers, students, and other industry professionals seeking an all-in-one reference for all of the questions they have on both holistic and specific facets of the commercial vegetable industry.

Author : Donald N. Maynard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knott's Handbook of Vegetable Growers written by Donald N. Maynard and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Edward Knott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook for Vegetable Growers written by James Edward Knott and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James E. Knott
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Handbook for vegetable growers written by James E. Knott and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A Lorenz Oscar
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Hand Book for Vegetable Growers written by A Lorenz Oscar and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gregory E Welbaum
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780645341
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vegetable Production and Practices written by Gregory E Welbaum and published by CABI. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful vegetable production in a modern competitive market requires an understanding of many more factors than the biology of crops and the production techniques involved. This major new textbook brings the science and practice of vegetable production right up to date by addressing modern culture techniques and the recent challenges of consumer demand facing producers today. It introduces vegetable production from the perspective of producing high quality produce that satisfies the needs of the modern consumer. Beginning with the basics of how vegetables are grown using high and low input methods, including organic and sustainable production techniques, the book goes on to introduce and discuss many topics covered less comprehensively in older texts, including Good Agricultural Practices to improve quality, reduce biological contamination and secure food safety; water management; cropping systems; plasticulture; protected culture and mineral nutrition. Vegetable Production and Practices also introduces the use of molecular biology for genetic improvement of crops. Issues specific to individual vegetable crops are addressed by family, including their diseases, harvesting, quality attributes and other issues of increasing importance to consumers, including the role of vegetables in human health. Professor Gregory E. Welbaum has a long history of teaching successful courses in horticulture at Virginia Tech and other universities in the US and worldwide. Vegetable Production Practices has been specifically designed to accompany courses in vegetable crop production, so is ideally suited to inspire students in crop and horticultural sciences, as well as provide a useful reference for experienced practitioners.

Author : Pam Dawling
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550925121
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Market Farming written by Pam Dawling and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : James Edward Knott
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers written by James Edward Knott and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1988 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is concerned with all aspects of vegetable growing, from planting to marketing, and aims to reflect the many technological advances, additions to the nomenclature, and changes in government regulations, that have occurred since 1980. The section on plant growing and greenhouse vegetable production has been expanded and contains new information on strawberry cultivation. Other additions include coverage of integrated pest management, soil solarization, row covers, polyethylene mulches, gel seeding, seed priming, and compatibility of produce in mixed loads. Also new to this edition is a discussion of alternative methods of vegetable marketing. Appendixes include an extensive list of references, conversion factors for US and metric units, and useful conversions for rates of application.

Author : Muhammad Siddiq
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119098947
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing written by Muhammad Siddiq and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing, Second Edition is the most comprehensive guide on vegetable technology for processors, producers, and users of vegetables in food manufacturing.This complete handbook contains 42 chapters across two volumes, contributed by field experts from across the world. It provides contemporary information that brings together current knowledge and practices in the value-chain of vegetables from production through consumption. The book is unique in the sense that it includes coverage of production and postharvest technologies, innovative processing technologies, packaging, and quality management. Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing, Second Edition covers recent developments in the areas of vegetable breeding and production, postharvest physiology and storage, packaging and shelf life extension, and traditional and novel processing technologies (high-pressure processing, pulse-electric field, membrane separation, and ohmic heating). It also offers in-depth coverage of processing, packaging, and the nutritional quality of vegetables as well as information on a broader spectrum of vegetable production and processing science and technology. Coverage includes biology and classification, physiology, biochemistry, flavor and sensory properties, microbial safety and HACCP principles, nutrient and bioactive properties In-depth descriptions of key processes including, minimal processing, freezing, pasteurization and aseptic processing, fermentation, drying, packaging, and application of new technologies Entire chapters devoted to important aspects of over 20 major commercial vegetables including avocado, table olives, and textured vegetable proteins This important book will appeal to anyone studying or involved in food technology, food science, food packaging, applied nutrition, biosystems and agricultural engineering, biotechnology, horticulture, food biochemistry, plant biology, and postharvest physiology.